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What decides the jungle matchup: Jarvan IV vs Nidalee in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Jarvan IV
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30.
Window: before three minutes
E-Q crosses distance no normal gank can, so hugging your own minion line and early river vision beat the knock-up.
Nidalee
jungle · Jungle invader
Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
Window: before three minutes
Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
Jarvan IV vs Nidalee: Common Questions
- Who wins Jarvan IV vs Nidalee?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Jarvan IV against Nidalee to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Jarvan IV: His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do you play the Jarvan IV Nidalee matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a jungle invader. E-Q crosses distance no normal gank can, so hugging your own minion line and early river vision beat the knock-up. Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing.
- What should I know about Nidalee vs Jarvan IV?
- Nidalee is a jungle invader: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Jarvan IV is an early ganker: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. Jarvan IV: His flag-and-drag lands from range. Stand behind your minions and ward river at 2:30.
- How do I beat Nidalee as Jarvan IV?
- Nidalee wins any early fight that starts with a landed spear; invades and counter-ganks are her game, chasing her is losing. She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Nidalee you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.