How to win the jungle race as Trundle against Xin Zhao · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Trundle's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Xin Zhao.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Trundle Favoured | Chomp (Q) steals AD on hit, so your level-1 trade is rigged in your favor, but Three Talon Strike's knock-up plus passive healing wins the first buff-pit duel. You still win the straight exchange at the first buff; keep it short, keep it decisive, and keep the scuttle line yours. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Even Skirmish | Wind Becomes Lightning (W) challenge poke starts trades they finish for free, and that is worth exactly what you bring: Frozen Domain (W) attack speed makes your buff-pit duel one of the best in the game. Contest the second buff when your health bar is the higher one and not before. |
| Level 3 Route | Trundle Favoured | Pillar (E) cuts the escape; with Q AD-steal and W haste the duel is yours. The margin is thin: the full knock-up combo with W slow is among the top three level-3 duels, and one slow camp on your side hands the window straight back, so keep the trade short. Respect the river bushes and disengage before the third Q hit lands. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Trundle Favoured — Take Duels | The 4-5 window is yours if you pick it: he dives lanes through 4-5, since Audacious Charge into the knock-up needs no setup at all. Track that pattern, arrive one camp early, and take the fight before the follow-up shows. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Subjugate Favoured | Subjugate drains max health and resists, rigging any extended duel in your favor. Crescent Guard makes the 1v1 literal, so the margin is real but narrow: fight when your ultimate is up and Crescent Guard is the one on cooldown. |
| 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. Xin Zhao's first item is a sharp jump — the knock-up combo goes from a strong trade to a kill on most junglers. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Trundle Favoured at Full Build | Two items on, the edge is yours. The one thing to plan around is that he isolates one target with Crescent Guard and wins the 1v1 he just created — 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. Xin Zhao clears fast and heals off Determination, so he reaches three healthy and looking for the first fight.
Ranked by the race windows in Trundle's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Trundle vs Xin Zhao 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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Trundle's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Trundle holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Trundle's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Xin Zhao is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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