How to win the jungle race as Briar against Nunu & Willump · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Briar's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Nunu & Willump.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Briar Dominant | Head Rush's stun gives a clean engage trade at the first buff contest. Consume chunks monsters, not champions, and before either of you has a second camp down that is not an answer. Take the level-1 crossing and make Nunu & Willump path away from the camps you want. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Briar Dominant | Blood Frenzy sustain turns level-2 skirmishes into races she usually wins. There is no version of this Nunu & Willump wins right now — the snowball is gank pressure, not duel pressure, and that folds on the second camp. Show on their side of the river and take the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Briar Dominant | Frenzy healing plus charged Chilling Scream is one of the hardest level-3 all-ins. Later in the game this bites, because the Biggest Snowball Ever arrives as a knock-up gank, and Consume cheats every smite fight. But as the first scuttle timer lands none of it is online, so take the level-3 river fight and tax every camp Nunu & Willump concedes. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Briar Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Nunu & Willump here: he plays 4-5 entirely around snowball ganks and stealing camps out from under a clear, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Certain Death Favoured | Certain Death picks the target and the frenzy finishes it — your all-in has no half-measure, while a fog-channeled Absolute Zero zones the entire pit. You win the breakpoint against Nunu & Willump, not the whole game — cash it on the first objective after both sides hit six. |
| First Item Spike | Sundered Sky / Eclipse Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive physical damage and sustained fighting multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Nunu & Willump's first item mostly buys durability and cooldowns, so his spike is objective control rather than damage. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Briar Favoured — Wins Late | The late game is yours. Remember what Nunu & Willump still is at full build — he is an objective thief and a channel to interrupt, not a duel to take — and take the fights that do not let it matter. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Red Buff camp utilizing your W frenzy to maximize early clear speed and sustain. Nunu & Willump clears fast with Consume and never drops below half health, so his early map presence is constant.
Ranked by the race windows in Briar's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Briar vs Nunu & Willump report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Briar's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows — Briar holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Briar's race plan controls 7 of the 7 windows, so Nunu & Willump is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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