How to win the jungle race as Vi against Ivern · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Vi's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Ivern.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Vi Dominant | Vault Breaker charge poke plus the Blast Shield wins the first short trade, while Friend of the Forest farms without fighting. Only one of those wins at the first buff, so press it: take the level-1 crossing, then leave with a camp and a chunk of their health bar. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Vi Dominant | Denting Blows shred starts beating slower kits in extended exchanges. Brushmaker poke from their own brush is their only legal trade, and with one camp still up on both sides that is not an answer. Take the level-2 skirmish and make Ivern path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 3 Route | Vi Dominant | The full charge-engage with W shred is a clean, honest duel you slightly favor. There is no version of this Ivern wins right now — Triggerseed's root protects their escape, and that folds at the opening scuttle. Show on their side of the river and take the first scuttle and the gank window behind it. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Vi Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Ivern here: he spends 4-5 marking camps for a laner and setting Brushmaker vision rather than fighting, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Cease and Desist Favoured | Cease and Desist is point-click lockdown — your engage can no longer be juked. Daisy's knock-ups plus triggered roots make diving him expensive — respect that one window, but the six-spike comparison favors you: take the post-6 duel whenever HP bars start even. |
| First Item Spike | Sundered Sky Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive damage, health, and sustain multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated 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 | Even Scaling — Prep Decides | Even at full build. Since he is a shield-and-root support, with Daisy as the only real body he brings, win the vision around the pit first and the fight second. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp utilizing your E resets to maximize early clear speed. 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 Vi's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Vi 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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Vi's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Vi holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Vi's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Ivern is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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