How to win the jungle race as Naafiri against Taliyah · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Naafiri's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Taliyah.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Naafiri Favoured | Packmates plus the Darkin Daggers bleed win the level-1 numbers game. Taliyah can make it awkward — a W toss into a stunning boulder field bursts you at every choke point — but not before either of you has a second camp down. Trade, then walk away with a camp and a chunk of their health bar. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Naafiri Favoured | The Hounds' Pursuit dash trade chunks anyone contesting your second buff. The margin is thin: boulder-field poke plus the W shove keeps duels at their range, and one slow camp on your side hands the window straight back, so keep the trade short. Don't chase her across worked ground — the mine slow turns retreats into kills. |
| Level 3 Route | Naafiri Favoured | The full pack with W dash and Q reset bleed is a real early kill threat. The W-into-Q burst combo plus E mine field wins fights at choke points, so this is an edge and not a blowout — take the level-3 river fight only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Naafiri Favoured — Take Duels | The 4-5 window is yours if you pick it: she uses 4-5 to shove waves and cross the map, with worked ground making her the faster rotator. Track that pattern, arrive one camp early, and take the fight before the follow-up shows. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | The Call of the Pack Favoured | The Call of the Pack shields the dive while the hounds finish whoever you touch. Taliyah's six is not empty — Weaver's Wall cuts your retreat path and ships ganks across the map. Take the duel from even health rather than from behind, and the wall is macro, not murder — the 1v1 still loses if you dodge the boulder field. |
| 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. 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 | You do not want the late 1v1 here. She zones with mines and splits the map with the wall whenever she wants to — so trade the map instead, and keep every fight a numbers fight. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early health retention via E dash heals before executing a fast 3-camp clear straight into an aggressive lane gank or invade path. 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 Naafiri's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Naafiri 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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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 Taliyah is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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