Darius needs to leverage his strong dueling and all-in threat to punish Briar's early jungle pressure and high mobility.
Prioritize controlling river vision and Scuttle crabs to limit Briar's gank angles and counter her sticky engage.
Jungle Plan
Prioritize pathing that secures early Scuttle control when your lanes can move first to deny Briar easy river access.
Invade Briar only when you have lane priority or vision advantage to exploit her forced frenzy state.
Use your dueling strength to contest dragon and Rift Herald setups, focusing on fights where you can isolate Briar or collapse with teammates.
Danger windows
Beware early invades around level 2-3 when Briar can punish isolated clears with her high mobility and crowd control.
Avoid isolated river fights without vision, as Briar's sticky engage and disengage can trap you.
Low-health clears or forced smite fights near objectives are risky; only contest when you have lane priority or numbers advantage.
Early game
Start with a full clear to reach level 3 quickly and contest the first Scuttle when nearby lanes have priority.
Avoid early isolated fights unless you have lane priority or vision advantage to punish Briar's aggressive but risky early moves.
Use your slower clear speed to path through camps safely and counter-gank around river fights where Briar commits her mobility.
Power spikes
Level 6 unlocks your execute (R), enabling lethal all-ins on low-health targets and snowballing through resets; use this to punish Briar's overextensions.
First bruiser item completion boosts your durability and damage, allowing you to force longer fights that Briar struggles to kite.
Briar's high mobility and engage tools spike her threat; respect her (Q) stun and (R) fear during river skirmishes to avoid losing fights.
Win conditions
Convert jungle tempo into objective control by securing Scuttle crabs and forcing Briar away from dragon and Rift Herald.
Use your stronger dueling and all-in threat to counter-jungle Briar when she overextends or uses mobility aggressively.
Coordinate with lanes to collapse on Briar during her engage cooldowns, leveraging your execute and passive stacks to snowball fights and deny her scaling.
Tip: For Darius vs Briar, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Jungle lane check.
