How to win the jungle race as Trundle against Nidalee · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Trundle's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Nidalee.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Trundle Dominant | Chomp (Q) steals AD on hit, so your level-1 trade is rigged in your favor. Later in the game this bites, because a max-range Javelin into the Hunt pounce executes you before the fight even starts. But before either of you has a second camp down none of it is online, so take the level-1 crossing and tax every camp Nidalee concedes. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Trundle Favoured | Frozen Domain (W) attack speed makes your buff-pit duel one of the best in the game. The margin is thin: Pounce-reset cat clears let them out-tempo and kite the slower kits, and one slow camp on your side hands the window straight back, so keep the trade short. Keep a camp between you and her spear line — the Javelin is the whole matchup. |
| Level 3 Route | Trundle Favoured | Pillar (E) cuts the escape; with Q AD-steal and W haste the duel is yours. The spear-hunt-pounce execute pattern wins any fight they start at range, 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 | Trundle Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Nidalee here: she is at maximum value in 4-5 — spear from fog, hunt the mark, and leave before anyone can turn, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Subjugate Domination | Subjugate drains max health and resists, rigging any extended duel in your favor. The spear-into-pounce execute loop gets a full extra rotation at six, but in a straight post-6 duel that is not enough — you out-spike them at this breakpoint, so play the aggressor while it lasts. |
| First Item Spike | Ravenous Hydra Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive damage, wave clear, and sustain multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Nidalee's first item makes the spear a genuine execute threat rather than chip damage on the way to a fight. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Trundle Favoured at Full Build | Two items on, the edge is yours. The one thing to plan around is that she is a poke-and-execute pattern that never actually stands in the fight — take that away and the fight is a formality. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp utilizing your Chomp AD steal to maximize early clear speed. 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 Trundle's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
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Trundle's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows — Trundle holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Trundle's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows, so Nidalee is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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