How to win the jungle race as Ivern against Nidalee · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Ivern's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Nidalee.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Nidalee | Hard no-contest for Ivern at level 1: max-range Javelin poke decides who enters the scuttle fight healthy, and a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. Keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Nidalee | A max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. Pounce-reset cat clears let them out-tempo and kite the slower kits on top of that, so level 2 is a straight stat check Ivern loses — keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup, and give the river vision-line respect. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Nidalee | Nidalee out-classes you at the opening scuttle — the spear-hunt-pounce execute pattern wins any fight they start at range, and a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. Give up the level-3 river fight, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Nidalee — Path Opposite | Levels 4-5 still belong to Nidalee in a straight fight — farm the opposite side, answer their ganks cross-map, and wait for your spike. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Neither ultimate cleanly beats the other — the spear-into-pounce execute loop gets a full extra rotation at six, but Daisy! adds a knock-up frontline to your poke-and-root game. The breakpoint goes to whoever reaches it first with an objective on the map. |
| First Item Spike | Utility Item Spike | Your first utility items multiply your shields and roots into team-wide stat advantages. Camps remain free, so your gold curve funds vision and gifts without losing item pace. Force nothing; enable everything — Nidalee cannot counter-jungle a grove economy. Nidalee's first item makes the spear a genuine execute threat rather than chip damage on the way to a fight. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Ivern Favoured at Full Build | Full-build math leans your way: extended fights and side-lane duels favor you over Nidalee — make late fights about 1v1s, not coin-flips. |
Mark both your buffs and the adjacent small camps, then path toward your first gank angle while the groves cook. Nidalee's start side only matters for where you place the minute-two deep ward — you fear no invade because there is nothing to invade. Nidalee clears extremely fast in cougar form with pounce resets, and she is usually the first jungler to level three.
Ranked by the race windows in Ivern's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Ivern vs Nidalee 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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No clear favourite — Ivern holds 2 windows, Nidalee 4, the rest are even.
Yes — Ivern vs Nidalee plays as a skill matchup: the jungle race swings window to window, and the better first clear usually sets the tone.
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