Arena of Valor Slimz Jungle Guide: Build, Pathing, and Ganks

To play Slimz effectively in the Arena of Valor jungle, prioritize a full first clear starting at the Sage Golem to reach level four before the two-minute mark, initiate ganks with long-range Flying Spears thrown from fog of war, and build attack speed and critical strike items to shred enemy frontliners with your ultimate.

Jungle Pathing and First Clear

Start at the Sage Golem to secure mana regeneration and cooldown reduction. Because Slimz relies on sustained basic attacks rather than early burst, path toward the dragon lane side to exit your clear in position for an immediate level-four gank or an Abyssal Dragon contest.

1. Sage Golem: Open with basic attacks and throw Flying Spear at point-blank range to trigger an immediate attack speed boost. Save the Punish talent for the final health threshold to prevent an invade steal.
2. Adjacent Creep Camps: Clear the nearby small camps by lining up monsters to hit multiple targets with the piercing damage from every third basic attack.
3. Transition with Leap: Cross mid lane toward the Might Golem side. Cast Leap (Skill 2) over terrain walls to reduce travel time between camps rather than using it for damage.
4. Might Golem and Final Camps: Take the Might Golem buff for health regeneration and a slowing effect on basic attacks. Clear the remaining small camp to hit level four and unlock Savage Potion before the two-minute mark.

Ganking with Flying Spear

Flying Spear (Skill 1) stuns targets for up to 2.5 seconds, with duration scaling based on flight distance. Direct frontal throws rarely connect against alert players due to the projectile's moderate travel speed.

• Set up from vision blind spots: Throw from river brush, behind walls, or inside lane alcoves where minions cannot reveal your position.
• Lead your target: Aim where the enemy must step to retreat or secure a minion last hit instead of targeting their current position.
• Engage after impact: Once a long-range spear hits, jump in with Leap to gain a temporary physical attack boost, then chain rapid basic attacks enhanced by the spear's bonus attack speed.
• Hold Leap against mobile targets: If the enemy laner has a dash or the Flicker talent available, save Leap to follow their escape rather than jumping forward immediately.

Item Build and Progression

Slimz functions as an attack-speed hyper-carry whose ultimate deals percentage-based damage. Increasing attack speed and critical strike chance directly scales his damage per second.

Soulreaver and War Boots provide Slimz's first major clear spike. If facing heavy enemy crowd control or high magic burst, swap War Boots for Gilded Greaves during the mid game. Activate Bow of Slaughter reactively when diving bruisers engage you, using its life steal surge to recover health while firing at full attack speed.

Teamfight Positioning and Savage Potion

Activate Savage Potion (Ultimate) at the start of an engagement rather than saving it as an execute. The ability grants bonus movement speed and imbues your basic attacks with maximum health percentage physical damage, making it most effective when fired into high-health targets.

• Fight front-to-back: Stay behind your support and frontline tank. Focus down the nearest enemy warrior or tank before looking for backline carries.
• Leverage cleave damage: Position so that your third-attack piercing passive cuts through the enemy frontline to strike mages or marksmen standing behind them.
• Maintain spacing: Stutter-step between auto-attacks to make full use of the movement speed boost from Savage Potion.
• Defensive peel: If an assassin attempts to dive your position, hit them with a point-blank Flying Spear to break their momentum, Leap backward, and burn them down before returning to the main fight.

Objective Control

Slimz takes down neutral bosses rapidly due to the percentage damage on his kit. Rotate directly to the Abyssal Dragon following any successful gank or whenever the opposing jungler shows on the opposite side of the map. Stand near the edge of the pit wall to retain the option to Leap across terrain if the enemy contests.

In the late game, secure the Dark Slayer to force high-ground sieges. Stand outside tower range to chip structures, and throw Flying Spears through choke points around the enemy base to fish for stuns that allow your team to breach the inhibitor towers and end the match.