How to win the jungle race as Ivern against Taliyah · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Ivern's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Taliyah.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Taliyah | Taliyah out-classes you at the first buff — Threaded Volley on worked ground still chunks melee contests, and a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point. Skip the level-1 crossing, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Taliyah | Do not be seen on the second camp: a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point. On top of that, boulder-field poke plus the W shove keeps duels at their range, so they get there first. Don't chase her across worked ground — the mine slow turns retreats into kills. Refuse the level-2 skirmish and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Taliyah | Hard no-contest for Ivern at level 3: the W-into-Q burst combo plus E mine field wins fights at choke points, and a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point. Don't chase her across worked ground — the mine slow turns retreats into kills. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Taliyah — Path Opposite | Do not trade windows with Taliyah here: she uses 4-5 to shove waves and cross the map, with worked ground making her the faster rotator. Path opposite, keep your entrances warded, and answer the map, not the champion. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Level six changes both of you at once: Daisy! adds a knock-up frontline to your poke-and-root game, while Weaver's Wall splits the map. The wall is macro, not murder — the 1v1 still loses if you dodge the boulder field, and let the objective timer say when to commit. |
| 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 — Taliyah cannot counter-jungle a grove economy. Taliyah's first item makes the volley-into-shove combo a real burst instead of chip damage from range. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Taliyah Late — End Early | The full-build comparison goes to Taliyah: she zones with mines and splits the map with the wall whenever she wants to. Play for picks and objectives, and end before the fight has to be fair. |
Mark both your buffs and the adjacent small camps, then path toward your first gank angle while the groves cook. Taliyah's start side only matters for where you place the minute-two deep ward — you fear no invade because there is nothing to invade. Taliyah clears very fast with Threaded Volley on worked ground and rotates faster than almost anyone off her passive.
Ranked by the race windows in Ivern's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Ivern vs Taliyah 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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Taliyah pressures 5 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Taliyah pressures 5 of the 7 windows, so Ivern is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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