Locke vs Briar JUNGLE Matchup Guide

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Locke into Briarmedium

Overview

Use your mark setup with to create kill windows on low-health targets.
Prioritize skirmishes where you can reset after takedowns to chain fights.
Respect Briar's high mobility and crowd control; avoid isolated fights without lane priority.

Focus on pathing that allows you to mark and isolate low-health targets for execute pressure.
Use to stack Soul Nails before committing with and for resets.
Prioritize objective control after successful ganks or counter-jungling to snowball tempo and deny Briar scaling.

Avoid fighting when is on cooldown, as you lose reset and chase potential.
Respect Briar's stun and fear during early river skirmishes.
Be cautious contesting objectives if lanes lack priority, as Briar can force fights with her mobility and crowd control.

Full clear quickly to reach level 3 and unlock your full combo with , , and .
Contest Scuttle when nearby lanes have priority to deny Briar river control.
Avoid early invades unless you have vision on Briar's position and lane priority to support counter-invades.

Level 3 unlocks your full combo, enabling potent mark setups and skirmish resets.
Level 6 greatly extends execute range, letting you finish low-health targets from safer distances.
First completed assassin item amplifies your burst, making isolated targets highly vulnerable to your combos.

Convert jungle tempo into objectives by punishing marked targets and chaining takedowns with resets.
Use ganks on lanes with priority to secure kills and snowball your execute threat.
Deny Briar safe farming by invading when she is on cooldown or spotted on the opposite side of the map.

Tactical tip

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