BriarVSGraves
What decides the jungle matchup: Briar vs Graves 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.
Briar
jungle · Early ganker
Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap.
Window: before three minutes
Briar's W self-cast commits her fully, so one held stun during Blood Frenzy turns her level-3 gank into a shutdown.
Graves
jungle · Jungle invader
Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing.
He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes.
Window: before three minutes
Graves out-duels nearly every jungler pre-6 and invades off it; brush control turns his auto-reset burst against him.
Briar vs Graves: Common Questions
- Who wins Briar vs Graves?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Briar against Graves to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap. Graves: He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes.
- How do you play the Briar Graves matchup?
- It is a jungle matchup between an early ganker and a jungle invader. Briar's W self-cast commits her fully, so one held stun during Blood Frenzy turns her level-3 gank into a shutdown. Graves out-duels nearly every jungler pre-6 and invades off it; brush control turns his auto-reset burst against him.
- What should I know about Graves vs Briar?
- Graves is a jungle invader: Starts the fight inside your own jungle, so tracking and numbers matter more than pathing. Briar is an early ganker: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Graves: He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap.
- How do I beat Graves as Briar?
- Graves out-duels nearly every jungler pre-6 and invades off it; brush control turns his auto-reset burst against him. He wins early jungle fights. Never face-check, and light your buff entrances by three minutes. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Graves 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.