How to win the jungle race as Xin Zhao against Ivern · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Xin Zhao's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Ivern.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Xin Zhao Dominant | Three Talon Strike's knock-up plus passive healing wins the first buff-pit duel, 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 | Xin Zhao Dominant | Wind Becomes Lightning (W) challenge poke starts trades you finish for free. 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 | Xin Zhao Dominant | The full knock-up combo with W slow is among the top three level-3 duels. 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 | Xin Zhao Dominant — Keep Fighting | You are the stronger side all through 4-5. Ivern knows it — he spends 4-5 marking camps for a laner and setting Brushmaker vision rather than fighting — so shadow that side of the map and make them fight you anyway. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Crescent Guard Favoured | Crescent Guard makes the 1v1 literal — outside help is deleted from your duel. 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 / Eclipse 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 | Respect Ivern Late — End Early | The full-build comparison goes to Ivern: he is a shield-and-root support, with Daisy as the only real body he brings. Play for picks and objectives, and end before the fight has to be fair. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp utilizing your Q resets and passive to maximize early clear speed and health. 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 Xin Zhao's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Xin Zhao 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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Xin Zhao's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Xin Zhao holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Xin Zhao'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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