Briarvs Nidalee
Briar vs Nidalee is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Nidalee wins with a 52.9% win rate (+5.9%) over Briar based on 17 games. Briar wins the early laning phase while Nidalee scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Briar vs Nidalee matchup.
Briar Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Briar performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Briar vs Nidalee?
Briar wins 58.1% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 40.8% and 73.6% (95% range).
- Expected
- 54.9% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- +3.2 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 31 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 58.1% of 31 games (95% range 40.8–73.6%).
- Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 54.9% for Briar; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Briar usually wins the lane: 595 gold ahead of Nidalee at 15 minutes on average (30 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Briar players pick Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth Ward + Stealth Ward far more often against Nidalee: under 0.5% of their other Jungle games, 3.2% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Briar and Nidalee played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Briar's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Briar vs Nidalee Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Briar vs Nidalee Win Rate by Game Length
Briar's win rate against Nidalee by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Briar's results against Nidalee in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Briar vs Nidalee Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)BriarBriar gold at 15: +595
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Briar Changes Against Nidalee
Choices Briar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth Ward + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Nidalee3.2%+3.2 pts
Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Nidalee3.2%+3.2 pts
Long Sword + Mosstomper Seedling + Health Potion + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Nidalee3.2%+3.2 pts
Exhaust + SmiteSummoner spellsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Nidalee3.2%+3.2 pts
Best Briar Build vs Nidalee
Usual Briar build (Jungle)
65.8% win rate · 79 games
Against Nidalee
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 4 of 21 Briar games against Nidalee carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Briar's standard build instead.
- Nidalee usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.1 min (median of 26 games).
- Skill priority: W > Q > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Briar Runes vs Nidalee
Usual Briar runes (Jungle)
Press the Attack
64.4% win rate · 59 games
Against Nidalee
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Briar draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Briar's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Briar Matchups
Hardest for Briar
Easiest for Briar
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Briar vs Nidalee FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Briar vs Nidalee?
Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 58.1% of 31 games (95% range 40.8–73.6%).
What is Briar's win rate against Nidalee?
Briar wins 58.1% of 31 Jungle games against Nidalee on patch 26.19 (95% range 40.8–73.6%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 54.9% would be expected.
Does Briar counter Nidalee?
Not clearly. Briar wins 58.1% of 31 games against Nidalee, and the 95% range (40.8–73.6%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Briar or Nidalee?
Briar usually wins the lane: 595 gold ahead of Nidalee at 15 minutes on average (30 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Briar outscale Nidalee?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Nidalee strongest against Briar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Nidalee is ahead of Briar beyond the margin of error.
What should Briar build against Nidalee?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: The Collector, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King. The biggest change against Nidalee: Scorchclaw Pup + Health Potion + Stealth Ward + Stealth Ward (under 0.5% usually, 3.2% here).
What runes should Briar use against Nidalee?
Use Briar's usual Press the Attack page (Precision + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Nidalee: Exhaust + Smite (under 0.5% usually, 3.2% here).