Friendly reminder: Briar can ward-hop like Lee Sin
Are you struggling with Blood Frenzy? Is your E always on cooldown exactly when you need it? Does the enemy team have 4 cloud drakes, a Yi, a Zilean or a Lux building 600 movement speed? Don't worry, I gotcha.
Engage
- Heavy CC champs in enemy team? Dodge with the help of: ward + Q (ward-hop)
- Is the timer for W recast running low? Flash + ward-hop
- Chasing critically annoying wall dashing champs? Next to a wall: ward-hop
Disengage is a little bit trickier, here we will take advantage of Briar's W range. When leaving the W range Blood Frenzy cancels. This comes in handy when ward-hopping and flashing through walls, which extends Flash range and sometimes forces Briar to run a longer pathway, both of them effectively cancelling Blood Frenzy in losing fights and giving you an escape.
Disengage
- Losing a duel in the jungle? Then simply: ward-hop + Flash + W Recast + Smite Camp (health regen + escape)
- Drake up, team AFK, possible steal at hand?
> Bot Side: Ward behind pit + Flash [in] + Smite + ward-hop [out]
> Top Side: R [in] + Smite + E [quick cast] + Flash + ward-hop [out]
That is all folks. I just genuinely can’t believe I played Briar without knowing this for a month too long. This thing is an actual life saver.
(and yes, Briar's Q is capable of more, but I wanted to focus on the wards)