How to win the jungle race as Lee Sin against Ivern · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Lee Sin's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Ivern.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Lee Sin Dominant | Flurry-weaving between Q casts gives a level-1 trade few champions match. Friend of the Forest farms without fighting, and before either of you has a second camp down that is not an answer. Take the level-1 crossing and make Ivern path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Lee Sin Dominant | The second skill point doubles your trade pattern — Q-W or Q-E both chunk hard. There is no version of this Ivern wins right now — Brushmaker poke from their own brush is their only legal trade, and that folds on the second camp. Show on their side of the river and take the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Lee Sin Dominant | The full E-slow, Q-execute, W-shield kit is at its proportionally strongest point. Later in the game this bites, because he won't fight you — but a Triggerseed root into his laner's follow-up will. But as the first scuttle timer lands none of it is online, so take the level-3 river fight and tax every camp Ivern concedes. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Lee Sin Dominant — Keep Fighting | You are the stronger side all through 4-5. Ivern knows it — he spends 4-5 marking camps for a laner and setting Brushmaker vision rather than fighting — so shadow that side of the map and make them fight you anyway. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Dragon's Rage Favoured | The Dragon's Rage kick into a Q re-cast adds real burst to an already complete kit, while Daisy! adds a knock-up frontline to their poke-and-root game. You win the breakpoint against Ivern, not the whole game — cash it on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Eclipse / Profane Hydra Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage and shielding multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or assassin targets. Ivern's first item mostly buys shield strength and cooldowns — his spike is what his carry does, not what he does. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Ivern Late — End Early | The full-build comparison goes to Ivern: he is a shield-and-root support, with Daisy as the only real body he brings. Play for picks and objectives, and end before the fight has to be fair. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early health retention via W lifesteal loops before executing a fast 3-camp clear straight into an aggressive lane gank or invade path. Ivern clears without fighting at all — Friend of the Forest frees camps on a timer, so his level and gold are always on schedule.
Ranked by the race windows in Lee Sin's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Lee Sin vs Ivern 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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Lee Sin's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Lee Sin holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Lee Sin's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Ivern is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
Lee Sin takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Inspiration secondary (Magical Footwear and Cosmic Insight) vs Ivern.
Start Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion and back for Long Sword + Tier-1 boots — back ~1300g, gank on the way out. Build Eclipse / Profane Hydra first, then Sundered Sky / Black Cleaver, with Plated Steelcaps / Mercury's Treads.
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