How to win the jungle race as Kindred against Warwick · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Kindred's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Warwick.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Warwick | Do not be seen at the first buff: Q sustain and Blood Hunt frenzy out-heal your damage the moment you drop below half. On top of that, Eternal Hunger sustain means they win any fight where both sides arrive off full camps, so they get there first. Never fight him while low — his W tracks your blood trail; disengage above 50%. Skip the level-1 crossing and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Respect Warwick | At level 2 this window belongs to Warwick: Blood Hunt (W) attack speed plus Q healing out-sustains every trade pattern, and Q sustain and Blood Hunt frenzy out-heal your damage the moment you drop below half. Never fight him while low — his W tracks your blood trail; disengage above 50%. Refuse the level-2 skirmish and bank tempo on the opposite side of the map. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Warwick | Q sustain and Blood Hunt frenzy out-heal your damage the moment you drop below half — Kindred has no answer to that at level 3. Eternal Hunger sustain means they win any fight where both sides arrive off full camps on their half of the map too, so give up the level-3 river fight and answer the pressure cross-map. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Warwick — Path Opposite | Do not trade windows with Warwick here: he tracks blood trails through 4-5, so any laner below half is a gank he reaches faster than you expect. Path opposite, keep your entrances warded, and answer the map, not the champion. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Warwick's R | The six-spike belongs to Warwick, and Kindred's does not bridge the gap: Infinite Duress suppresses you through the fight while his sustain out-lasts your burst. Hold a dash or hard CC for the R leap — it is interruptible mid-flight. Your own ultimate is a tool here, not a trump card — spend it to escape or equalize, not to start fights. |
| First Item Spike | Kraken Slayer / Terminus | Kraken Slayer's on-hit true damage proc and the Terminus on-hit shred both pair well with Kindred's attack-reset-heavy kit, speeding up clears and dueling. Use this priority window to force aggressive counter-jungle invades or capture remaining marks. Warwick's first item is where the healing stops being sustain and starts being more than your damage can out-pace. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Kindred Favoured — Wins Late | From two items you out-scale Warwick. He suppresses a carry for the length of the fight and out-heals your answer, but none of that beats your full build in a straight fight. |
Start your clearing path at the Blue Buff camp to secure optimal ability haste looping across your starting single-target nodes before clearing down into the scuttle crab side. Warwick clears fast and heals through everything off Eternal Hunger, so he is at full health at every crossing.
Ranked by the race windows in Kindred's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Kindred vs Warwick 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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Warwick pressures 5 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Warwick pressures 5 of the 7 windows, so Kindred is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
Kindred takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace, and Domination secondary (Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter) vs Warwick.
Start Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion and back for Noonquiver / Recurve Bow — path toward the next mark on the back. Build Kraken Slayer first, then Blade of the Ruined King / Runaan's Hurricane, with Berserker's Greaves.
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