Shyvana vs Briar JUNGLE Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Shyvana vs Briar

Updated Jun 6, 2026

Overview

Shyvana should leverage her very high clear speed to outpace Briar and secure early dragon control.
Avoid early isolated river fights where Briar's high dueling and engage threaten to punish Shyvana before key spikes.
Focus on scaling through power farming and objective control to dominate mid-game teamfights with dragon form.

Jungle Plan

Prioritize full clears and camp cycling to maintain tempo and outscale Briar's early pressure.
Fight for dragon control when bot and mid lanes have priority, using vision to prevent Briar's sticky engages.
Track Briar's pathing to counter-gank her early skirmishes and capitalize on her forced frenzy cooldowns.

Danger windows

Early game before dragon form when Briar can punish isolated clears with her (Q) stun and (R) dive.
Forced smite fights around early dragon or Scuttle when Briar's engage and disengage abilities can outplay Shyvana.
Isolated river fights without lane priority or vision control increase risk of Briar's counter-invades and skirmishes.

Early game

Start with a full clear to hit dragon form and item spikes faster than Briar.
Contest first Scuttle only if nearby lanes have priority to avoid Briar's early high-pressure counter-invades.
Avoid early river skirmishes without lane priority or Fury stacks, as Briar's engage and mobility can punish isolated clears.

Power spikes

Level 6 power spike enables Shyvana's dragon form (R) for stronger objective control and teamfighting; use it to force fights around dragon.
First major item completion increases Shyvana's sustained damage, allowing her to contest and secure objectives more effectively.
Briar's level 6 and frenzy engage (R) spike requires Shyvana to respect early fights until dragon form is available.

Win conditions

Use Shyvana's superior clear speed to power farm and reach dragon form before engaging in fights.
Control vision around dragon to deny Briar safe entry and force favorable objective trades.
Convert dragon form power spikes into mid-game teamfights to secure objectives and snowball leads through sustained damage and displacement (R).