The Rise of Briar in the Gold Jungle
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With just one week remaining until Patch 14.5 is released for League of Legends, players are still discovering the most successful champions for Season 14. In particular, Gold junglers have found two champions to be incredibly strong in the current metagame.
Leading the pack is Briar, who dominates the jungle role in Gold Elo with an impressive 52 percent win rate in over 72,000 matches. This makes Briar the most popular pick, as well as the fourth-most banned champion in the jungle, according to data from League stats aggregator U.GG.