Jungling 101

[Kaden]

Literally the only thing that's holding me back with jungle is not having enough kills. That fucks over my gold and exp which just makes me useless.

That's actually a fallacy. One champ kill is worth 15~25 creep kills, depending on the individual champion's score. If you consider the time it takes to move to a lane, wait for the gank opportunity and then the likely recall+heal time afterwards, it's almost always more gold efficient to continue creeping through the jungle.

Of course, killing a champion has plenty of other benefits. But yeah, don't think that no champ kills = no gold gained. A Nasus, for example, can go solo top for 25 minutes, not get a single champ kill, and easily be the strongest character in the game.