BriarVSRammus
What decides the jungle matchup: Briar vs Rammus 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.
Rammus
jungle · Early ganker
He rolls in faster than you can react. Ward river early and don't push without vision.
Window: before four minutes
Powerball closes gank distance instantly from level two; Rammus punishes auto-attackers hardest, so vision, not trades, is the counter.
Briar vs Rammus: Common Questions
- Who wins Briar vs Rammus?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Briar against Rammus 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. Rammus: He rolls in faster than you can react. Ward river early and don't push without vision.
- How do you play the Briar Rammus matchup?
- Briar and Rammus 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. Powerball closes gank distance instantly from level two; Rammus punishes auto-attackers hardest, so vision, not trades, is the counter.
- What should I know about Rammus vs Briar?
- Rammus 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. Rammus: He rolls in faster than you can react. Ward river early and don't push without vision. Briar: She dives in a frenzy past your minions. Ward at 2:30 and hold CC for her leap.
- How do I beat Rammus as Briar?
- Powerball closes gank distance instantly from level two; Rammus punishes auto-attackers hardest, so vision, not trades, is the counter. He rolls in faster than you can react. Ward river early and don't push without vision. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Rammus 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.