How to win the jungle race as Briar against Olaf · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Briar's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Olaf.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Olaf | Hard no-contest for Briar at level 1: Undertow (Q) spam clears fast and chunks anyone who contests their buff, and Undertow slows and Reckless Swing true damage win every extended exchange. Keep a wall or camp between you and the axe line and never fight inside his slow. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Respect Olaf | Undertow slows and Reckless Swing true damage win every extended exchange — Briar has no answer to that at level 2. Vicious Strikes (W) sustain means they leave every camp healthier than they do on their half of the map too, so refuse the level-2 skirmish and answer the pressure cross-map. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Olaf | Full Q-W-E with Reckless Swing true damage means nobody on the roster out-brawls this, and Briar has no clean answer to it at the opening scuttle — Undertow slows and Reckless Swing true damage win every extended exchange. Keep a wall or camp between you and the axe line and never fight inside his slow, and give up the first scuttle rather than the kill. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Respect Olaf — Path Opposite | Levels 4-5 still belong to Olaf in a straight fight — farm the opposite side, answer their ganks cross-map, and wait for your spike. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Olaf's R | Ragnarok makes him immune to every form of crowd control while he runs you down — Briar loses the straight post-6 duel. Kite out the ult's duration before committing — he has no gap-closer once it ends, and shift your pressure to the side of the map Ragnarok is not on. |
| 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. Olaf's first item is a large jump — the true damage plus lifesteal turns extended fights into ones he simply does not lose. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Briar Favoured at Full Build | Full-build math leans your way: extended fights and side-lane duels favor you over Olaf — make late fights about 1v1s, not coin-flips. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Red Buff camp utilizing your W frenzy to maximize early clear speed and sustain. Olaf clears very fast with Undertow resets and leaves camps healthier than he entered them, so he is always available to fight.
Ranked by the race windows in Briar's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Briar vs Olaf 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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Olaf pressures 5 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Olaf pressures 5 of the 7 windows, so Briar is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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