Udyr vs Xin Zhao in Jungle lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: until Bramble Vest and Plated Steelcaps are online, respect his damage — those two items are what flip the fight. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · JUNGLEUDYRthe Spirit Walker

⇄ ChangeENEMY · JUNGLEXIN ZHAOthe Seneschal of Demacia

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How to play it

✓ DO

Respect him pre-item

Before Bramble Vest and Plated Steelcaps are done, respect his damage — those two items are what turn the matchup.

Your armor spike

Once Bramble Vest and Plated Steelcaps are finished it's basically over — the armor plus anti-heal shut him down.

Rush the counters

Build Doran's Ring into Bramble Vest into Plated Steelcaps — that item order is the whole plan against him.

✕ DON'T

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Never delay Bramble Vest and Plated Steelcaps — before those two items he can still fight you, and after them the matchup is over.

Runes

PRECISION

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

SMITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 254 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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