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Briar Build

Mid Tier 1

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 3,906 gamesUpdated

52.9%win rate0.2%pick12.2%ban

Who counters Briar

How to build Briar

Immortal Path→Titanic Hydra→Black Cleaver→Death's Dance

Immortal Path → Titanic Hydra → Black Cleaver → Death's Dance

60.3% win rate 9% of games 232 games
RunesPrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de GraceDominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter29% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite90%
Skills
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Head Rush
39101213
Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack
24578
Chilling Scream
114151718
Certain Death
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Briar build →
52.9%win rate
Patch 26.20: 51.4% over 10,035 gamesPatch 26.21: 52.9% over 3,906 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
46.1%at Emerald+
0.2%pick rate
12.2%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
56.0%under 22 min
53.5%over 32 min

Briar Mid gets worse as the elo rises. 52.9% across Silver and above, but 46.1% once you look at Emerald and up. Sites that only sample high elo will show you the second number. Both are real; which one applies depends on the games you are actually playing.

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitM BriarvsVladimir champion portraitM Vladimir
3 / 10 / 5

Build

Armored Advance|Titanic Hydra→Black Cleaver

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

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Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitM BriarvsKassadin champion portraitM Kassadin
6 / 3 / 7

Build

Immortal Path|Hubris→The Collector→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

EWQWWRWQWQRQQE
Win 15–20m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitM BriarvsAurora champion portraitM Aurora
8 / 1 / 8

Build

Swiftmarch|Titanic Hydra→Black Cleaver

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

EWQWWRWQWQRQQ

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 52.8% win rate · 29% of games · 999 games
PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 55.7% win rate · 9% of games · 305 games
DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactSixth SenseTreasure Hunter
InspirationCash BackTriple Tonic
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite90%52.2%3,644 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash3%54.1%133 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Immortal Path36%Chainlaced Crushers32%Armored Advance21%
Immortal Path most often · 57.1% win rate

Briar build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Titanic Hydra1st
  2. Black Cleaver2nd
  3. Death's Dance3rd
4% of games that reach a third item take this path67.0% win rate103 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Briar →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 4,006 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Immortal PathImmortal Path
35% · 57.2% win rate
Chainlaced CrushersChainlaced Crushers
31% · 51.3% win rate
Armored AdvanceArmored Advance
20% · 53.0% win rate
BootsBoots
4% · 34.5% win rate
No bootsNo boots
3% · 50.4% win rate
Gunmetal GreavesGunmetal Greaves
3% · 51.1% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Titanic Hydra›Black Cleaver+Immortal Path2% of games · 52.5% win rate · 61 games
  2. Titanic Hydra›Black Cleaver+Chainlaced Crushers2% of games · 55.7% win rate · 61 games
  3. Titanic Hydra›Black Cleaver+Armored Advance1% of games · 46.6% win rate · 58 games
  4. Titanic Hydra+Chainlaced Crushers1% of games · 27.0% win rate · 37 games
  5. Titanic Hydra›Black Cleaver›Death's Dance+Chainlaced Crushers1% of games · 76.5% win rate · 34 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Briar against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Briar's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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