Rammus vs Briar JUNGLE Matchup Guide

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Rammus into Briarmedium

Overview

Use and to punish Briar's overextensions and volatile skirmishes early.
Avoid early fights before armor items and taunt uptime reduce Briar's dueling advantage.
Focus on ganking pushed or immobile lanes to maximize your high gank threat.

Path to gank priority lanes early using and before Briar snowballs.
Use tempo from successful ganks to contest dragon and Rift Herald with team assistance.
Counter-jungle Briar when she overextends or commits to fights, leveraging your taunt and armor scaling.

Avoid isolated river fights early where Briar's dive and stun lock you down.
Do not contest objectives without lane priority or vision control to prevent forced smite fights.
Back off when below half HP during clears to avoid Briar's superior dueling damage.

Start with a three or four-camp clear toward an overextended lane to set up early ganks with .
Contest first Scuttle only if nearby lanes have priority; otherwise, avoid risky river fights against Briar.
Ward defensively against Briar's potential invades and prepare to counter-gank with lane support.

Spike after completing armor items and gaining reliable uptime to force Briar off fights.
Respect Briar's level 3 power spike and fast clears that punish isolated Rammus.
Coordinate ganks around cooldown to maximize engage power spikes.

Convert early gank pressure into objective control by forcing Briar off camps and securing dragons.
Use speed and taunt to lock down priority AD carries and deny Briar's scaling.
Scale armor and taunt value into late game to become frontline lockdown enabling your team to clean up after Briar.

Tactical tip

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