How to win the jungle race as Nunu & Willump against Nidalee · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Nunu & Willump's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Nidalee.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Respect Nidalee | Max-range Javelin poke decides who enters the scuttle fight healthy, and Nunu & Willump has no clean answer to it at the first buff — a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. Keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup, and give up your opening camps rather than the kill. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Nidalee | Do not be seen on the second camp: a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. On top of that, Pounce-reset cat clears let them out-tempo and kite the slower kits, so they get there first. Keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup. Refuse the level-2 skirmish and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Nidalee | Hard no-contest for Nunu & Willump at level 3: the spear-hunt-pounce execute pattern wins any fight they start at range, and a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. Keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Nidalee — Path Opposite | Levels 4-5 still belong to Nidalee in a straight fight — farm the opposite side, answer their ganks cross-map, and wait for your spike. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Even Ult Window | Neither ultimate cleanly beats the other — the spear-into-pounce execute loop gets a full extra rotation at six, but a fog-channeled Absolute Zero zones the entire pit — objectives are yours to dictate. The breakpoint goes to whoever reaches it first with an objective on the map. |
| First Item Spike | Liandry's Spike | Completing Liandry's Torment puts a max-health burn on every Consume (Q), Biggest Snowball Ever! (W) and Snowball Barrage (E) hit, so camps and waves melt and brawlers who try to out-sustain you lose a chunk of health every trade. Nidalee's first item makes the spear a genuine execute threat rather than chip damage on the way to a fight. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Even Scaling — Prep Decides | Both kits pay off at 2+ items — late fights vs Nidalee come down to who enters with cooldowns, vision, and numbers. Win with setup, not stats. |
Start your clear at the Red or Blue Buff camp utilizing your Consume true damage to maximize early clear speed without needing a heavy leash. Nidalee clears extremely fast in cougar form with pounce resets, and she is usually the first jungler to level three.
Ranked by the race windows in Nunu & Willump's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Nunu & Willump vs Nidalee 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 pressures 4 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Nidalee pressures 4 of the 7 windows, so Nunu & Willump is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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