How to win the jungle race as Nidalee against Warwick · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Nidalee's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Warwick.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Warwick | Warwick out-classes you at the first buff — Eternal Hunger sustain means they win any fight where both sides arrive off full camps, and Q sustain and Blood Hunt frenzy out-heal your damage the moment you drop below half. Skip the level-1 crossing, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Respect Warwick | The window on the second camp belongs to Warwick: Blood Hunt (W) attack speed plus Q healing out-sustains every trade pattern. Your own line is real — Pounce-reset cat clears let you out-tempo and kite the slower kits — but it arrives second here. Never fight him while low — his W tracks your blood trail; disengage above 50%, then refuse the level-2 skirmish. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Warwick | At level 3 this window belongs to Warwick: Eternal Hunger sustain means they win any fight where both sides arrive off full camps, and Q sustain and Blood Hunt frenzy out-heal your damage the moment you drop below half. Never fight him while low — his W tracks your blood trail; disengage above 50%. Give up the level-3 river fight and bank tempo on the opposite side of the map. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Warwick — Path Opposite | You lose the 4-5 duel. He tracks blood trails through 4-5, so any laner below half is a gank he reaches faster than you expect — so let them have that half of the map and cash the other half faster. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Warwick's R | Warwick wins the breakpoint outright — Infinite Duress suppression plus Blood Hunt frenzy ends any duel that starts below full, and Infinite Duress suppresses you through the fight while his sustain out-lasts your burst. Hold a dash or hard CC for the R leap — it is interruptible mid-flight, then trade objectives cross-map until your items land. |
| 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. Warwick's first item is where the healing stops being sustain and starts being more than your damage can out-pace. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Respect Warwick Late — End Early | You do not want the late 1v1 here. He suppresses a carry for the length of the fight and out-heals your answer — so trade the map instead, and keep every fight a numbers fight. |
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. Warwick clears fast and heals through everything off Eternal Hunger, so he is at full health at every crossing.
Ranked by the race windows in Nidalee's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Nidalee vs Warwick 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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Warwick pressures 6 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Warwick pressures 6 of the 7 windows, so Nidalee is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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