How to win the jungle race as Naafiri against Ivern · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Naafiri's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Ivern.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Naafiri Dominant | Packmates plus the Darkin Daggers bleed win the level-1 numbers game. 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 | Naafiri Dominant | The Hounds' Pursuit dash trade chunks anyone contesting your second buff. 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 | Naafiri Dominant | The full pack with W dash and Q reset bleed is a real early kill threat. 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 | Naafiri Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Ivern here: he spends 4-5 marking camps for a laner and setting Brushmaker vision rather than fighting, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | The Call of the Pack Favoured | The Call of the Pack shields the dive while the hounds finish whoever you touch, 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 | Even Scaling — Prep Decides | Even at full build. Since he is a shield-and-root support, with Daisy as the only real body he brings, win the vision around the pit first and the fight second. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp and use Eviscerate (E) as your dash-and-damage tool between camps; it recalls and fully heals your packmates, not Naafiri herself, so track your own HP bar rather than assuming sustain. Move into a fast 3-camp clear straight into an aggressive lane gank or invade path, and monitor Ivern's opening lane arrivals to determine if he is pulling a full clear from his red side or setting up an opposite river scuttle contest. 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 Naafiri's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Naafiri 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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Naafiri's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Naafiri holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Naafiri's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Ivern is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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