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What decides the jungle matchup: Briar vs Hecarim 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.
Both are early ganker champions in this lane: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
Briar
jungle · Early ganker
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.
Hecarim
jungle · Early ganker
He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
Window: before four minutes
Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him.
Briar vs Hecarim: Common Questions
- Who wins Briar vs Hecarim?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Briar against Hecarim 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. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
- How do you play the Briar Hecarim matchup?
- Briar and Hecarim are both early ganker champions in the jungle matchup: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Briar's W self-cast commits her fully, so one held stun during Blood Frenzy turns her level-3 gank into a shutdown. Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him.
- What should I know about Hecarim vs Briar?
- Hecarim and Briar are both early ganker champions: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. What separates them is what each one does with it. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap.
- How do I beat Hecarim as Briar?
- Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him. He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Hecarim 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.