How to win the jungle race as Briar against Nunu & Willump · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Briar Favored | Start with Blood Frenzy (W) to secure a high-velocity automated clear, utilizing the recast bite to execute monsters and burst-heal. Execute the bite trigger precisely when the monster drops low to maximize your missing-health execution values. This establishes an exceptionally fast and healthy tracking path across your starting camp block. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Briar Dominant | Unlocking Head Rush (Q) provides an impactful targeted stun that shreds armor and enables powerful early dueling metrics. If Nunu & Willump attempts an uncalculated early entry into your quadrant, jump on them with Q before activating Blood Frenzy to automatically run them down. This completely secures your early map pressure and forces them to retreat immediately. |
| Level 3 Route | Briar Absolute Peak | Access to Chilling Scream (E) completes your lethal dueling portfolio by introducing a versatile damage reduction and wall-stun mechanic. Use this tool to instantly cancel your frenzy if dragged under a tower, or charge it to shove Nunu & Willump into terrain during deep jungle collapses. This grants an elite, unmatched operational flexibility allowing you to turn early brawls across both quadrants of the map line. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Tempo Generation Focus | Your basic abilities now hit severe early pressure thresholds, letting you dictate the entire tempo of map pressure through hyper-aggressive vertical invades. Keep constant tabs on Nunu & Willump's jungle clearing lines and use your automated frenzy to run them down inside dark jungle zones. Prioritize rapid champion kill generation and early skirmishes over executing slow, farm-heavy horizontal resets. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Certain Death Domination | Certain Death (R) introduces an immense cross-map initiation mechanic that provides an unstoppable dive and massive area-of-effect fear. Execute a precise ultimate activation from fog of war to crash into Nunu & Willump or their laner for an instant termination loop. This massive mechanical spike turns you into an absolute map-wide playmaker threat who dictates fight geometries through global dives. |
| 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. Your camp clearing loops become entirely automated, allowing you to instantly clear out quadrants before forcing highly aggressive neutral pit takes. This priority shatters their capacity to track your movements evenly. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | High-Impact Diver | Briar transitions into a high-impact skirmish diver who relies entirely on landing Certain Death and surviving the initial burst with Chilling Scream. Your late-game raw damage scaling shifts into a purely dive-focused line, making it imperative to coordinate with your team before frenzying into the enemy backline. Maintain extreme technical precision around high-tier objective pits to cleanly fear the contesting smiter and secure the objective. |
Start your clear track at the Raptors or Red Buff camp utilizing your W frenzy to maximize early clear speed and sustain. Monitor Nunu & Willump's opening lane arrivals to confirm their starting location, allowing you to immediately path towards their opposite quadrant for a level 3 invade.
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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