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Jarvan IV vs Vi

Jungle Matchup

Jarvan IV vs Vi JUNGLE matchup tips: scuttle control, predicted pathing, invade windows and common mistakes.

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Scuttle Contest

At level 3, you win the scuttle fight if you land your Q-E combo to knock Vi up and follow with W slow — Vi has no reliable gap-close until she charges Q, so disrupting her approach with your knockup gives you the damage and CC advantage.
From level 6, you can reliably win 1v1 if you open with E-Q knockup into R to trap Vi, then use W to slow her escape and auto-attack with your passive stacks — Vi's R can interrupt your R setup, so you must commit your R only after she has already used hers.

Vi typically runs a full clear starting Red Buff side (Red → Raptors → Wolves → Blue → Gromp → Scuttle) or a mirrored Blue side start, favoring camps that let her stack her W passive quickly.
She tends to prioritize early ganks post-level 3 using her Q engage, so expect her to path toward lanes with overextended targets rather than counter-jungling early.

You should invade Vi at her second or third camp (around 3:00–3:15) if you started opposite sides, as Vi's early clear is not particularly fast and she is vulnerable between camps without her Q charged.
The optimal location is her Red Buff if she started Blue, or her Gromp/Wolves if she started Red — catching her between camps with your E-Q combo forces a fight where she has partial health and no camp assistance.

Do not waste your E-Q combo as a pure engage tool without confirming Vi has already used her Q — if Vi lands her Q on you first, she will interrupt your knockup setup and gain the CC advantage, reversing the fight entirely.
Burning your combo early also removes your only reliable disengage, leaving you kited or chased with no tools.

Created on 09/25/2026

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