How to win the jungle race as Nidalee against Ivern · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Nidalee's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Ivern.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Nidalee Dominant | Max-range Javelin poke decides who enters the scuttle fight healthy. 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 | Nidalee Dominant | Pounce-reset cat clears let you out-tempo and kite the slower kits. 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 | Nidalee Dominant | The spear-hunt-pounce execute pattern wins any fight you start at range. 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 | Nidalee Favoured — Take Duels | Through levels 4-5 you remain the stronger duelist — keep taking short, decisive trades vs Ivern, but only with the HP and cooldown lead. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Neither ultimate cleanly beats the other — Daisy's knock-ups plus triggered roots make diving him expensive, but seamless form-swapping makes the spear-hunt-pounce execute loop relentless. The breakpoint goes to whoever reaches it first with an objective on the map. |
| 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. 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 | Ivern out-stats you from two items on — stop taking straight 1v1s, close through objectives and picks, and keep the game on a clock. |
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. 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 Nidalee's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Nidalee 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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Nidalee's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows — Nidalee holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Nidalee's race plan controls 5 of the 7 windows, so Ivern is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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