How to win the jungle race as Nidalee against Evelynn · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Nidalee's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Evelynn.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Nidalee Dominant | Max-range Javelin poke decides who enters the scuttle fight healthy. There is no version of this Evelynn wins right now — pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle, and that folds at the first buff. Show on their side of the river and take a camp and a chunk of their health bar. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Nidalee Dominant | Pounce-reset cat clears let you out-tempo and kite the slower kits. Later in the game this bites, because her early duel is a bluff, but Allure charm setups punish brush face-checks. But with one camp still up on both sides none of it is online, so take the level-2 skirmish and tax every camp Evelynn concedes. |
| Level 3 Route | Nidalee Dominant | The spear-hunt-pounce execute pattern wins any fight you start at range, while pre-stealth Evelynn is the weakest level-1 champion in the jungle. Only one of those wins at the opening scuttle, so press it: take the level-3 river fight, then leave with the first scuttle and the gank window behind it. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Even — Farm & Track | Neither of you owns 4-5. Since she is still farming for six and cannot contest anything she does not out-number, decide this window on vision and objective timers rather than on a duel. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Danger — Evelynn's R | Demon Shade camouflage means they choose every post-6 fight, and Nidalee has nothing that answers it: from six on she is invisible — every face-check is a charm into Last Caress. Buy sweepers, hug control wards, and never path alone through her quadrant, and refuse every river fight where Demon Shade is up. |
| First Item Spike | Lich Bane / Shadowflame Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive magical damage and burst multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or assassin targets. Evelynn's first item plus camouflage is the spike that flips the matchup — the charm rotation starts killing outright. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Danger — Evelynn Outscales | The clock is your enemy. She is invisible and lethal, and every unswept corridor is a charm into a delete, so close the game on the first two objectives you actually win. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp to maximize early clear speed and health retention via E heal loops before executing a fast 3-camp clear straight into an aggressive lane gank or invade path. Evelynn clears slowly and unhealthily before six, so her early pathing is usually the safest, longest route she can take.
Ranked by the race windows in Nidalee's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Nidalee vs Evelynn 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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No clear favourite — Nidalee holds 4 windows, Evelynn 2, the rest are even.
Yes — Nidalee vs Evelynn plays as a skill matchup: the jungle race swings window to window, and the better first clear usually sets the tone.
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