How to win the jungle race as Evelynn against Kindred · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Evelynn's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Kindred.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Kindred | Kindred out-classes you at the first buff — Wolf's Frenzy plus Q resets let them skirmish from untouchable range, and Dance of Arrows kiting means you never actually touch her while she shreds you. Skip the level-1 crossing, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Kindred | Do not be seen on the second camp: Dance of Arrows kiting means you never actually touch her while she shreds you. On top of that, Wolf's Frenzy plus Q resets let them skirmish from untouchable range, so they get there first. Commit only with a hard gap-close ready — chasing her through camps is a lost race. Refuse the level-2 skirmish and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Kindred | Hard no-contest for Evelynn at level 3: with three dashes banked they kite backwards and win every disengage fight, and Dance of Arrows kiting means you never actually touch her while she shreds you. Commit only with a hard gap-close ready — chasing her through camps is a lost race. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Kindred — Path Opposite | Do not trade windows with Kindred here: they spend 4-5 chasing marks, so the side of the map with a live mark is where they will be. Path opposite, keep your entrances warded, and answer the map, not the champion. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Demon Shade Favoured | Demon Shade camouflage means you choose every post-6 fight — and they cannot. You win the breakpoint against Kindred, not the whole game — cash the advantage on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Lich Bane / Stormsurge Spike | Completing your core AP component turns your stealth lane transitions into lethal, instant-delete sequences against any squishy target configuration. Your camp clearing velocities become completely automated, letting you clean up sides in seconds before melting down lonely targets inside the river lanes. Use this spike to force immense tracking panic across their entire map space. Kindred's first item plus a few stacks is where the ranged trade stops being poke and starts being a duel they win. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Kindred Late — End Early | The full-build comparison goes to Kindred: a stacked Kindred kites for free and Lamb’s Respite un-loses the fight you thought you won. Play for picks and objectives, and end before the fight has to be fair. |
Start on Raptors so Hate Spike (Q) can hit the pack for its full multi-hit line before you continue a full clear toward the river on the opposite side from Kindred's known position. Kindred has no dash or gap closer, so an early cross-map invade from them is unlikely — the bigger risk is losing tempo, not losing a fight. Kindred clears fast at range with Dance of Arrows and Wolf's Frenzy, and takes almost no damage doing it.
Ranked by the race windows in Evelynn's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Evelynn vs Kindred report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Kindred pressures 5 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Kindred pressures 5 of the 7 windows, so Evelynn is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
Evelynn takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Transcendence and Gathering Storm) vs Kindred.
Start Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion and back for Dark Seal + Amplifying Tome — stay invisible to lanes' mental. Build Lich Bane / Stormsurge first, then Lich Bane, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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