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What decides the jungle matchup: Briar 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.
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.
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.
Briar vs Nidalee: Common Questions
- Who wins Briar vs Nidalee?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Briar 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. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances.
- How do you play the Briar Nidalee 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. 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 Briar?
- Nidalee 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. Nidalee: She hunts early scraps in your jungle. Don't chase her, and cover your jungler's entrances. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap.
- How do I beat Nidalee as Briar?
- 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.