This was one of the difficulties of jungling with Poppy. If it had been another jungler with mobility, he could have tried dashing up from the dragon pit and then jumping over.
But Poppy?
He couldn't exactly Flash up there just to gank someone. Karsa really wasn't bold enough to do that.
"Then you're underestimating me. Sometimes, you don't necessarily have to go top lane to gank top."
Mid had lane control, and their support was there too. If he didn't harass the enemy jungle now, all those years of jungling would have been for nothing. After pinging an attack marker on Frog Consort's position, Karsa took the lead and charged in.
Blue Side was different from Red Side. Blue Side's Upper Jungle had two entrances. Going through the entrance near mid might get spotted by a Control Ward placed by the enemy mid laner, but if he hugged the wall and entered through the jungle exit beside Blue Side's Blue Buff, the enemy had no vision there at this point.
Of course, that spot didn't even need vision. If anyone was really there, they could spot incoming enemies from a mile away.
Not to mention that if there really was an invade, the two junglers would most likely run into each other directly in the Upper Area river.
And that was exactly what happened.
Just as Jiejie's Sejuani hit level three and prepared to counter-gank top lane, he turned a corner and ran right into Karsa's Poppy. In that instant, countless images flashed through jiejie's mind: Eighteen Forms, Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night, Dong Xuanzi's Thirty-Six Forms, Great Edo's Forty-Eight Hands, Seventy-Two Transformations, One Hundred and Eight Heroes, One Thousand and One Nights. Then, in the next moment, he activated his Q skill and slammed into him.
Top had lane