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Briar Build

Support Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 1,126 gamesUpdated

42.8%win rate0.1%pick12.2%ban

Who counters Briar

How to build Briar

Plated Steelcaps→Titanic Hydra→The Collector→Lord Dominik's Regards

Plated Steelcaps → Titanic Hydra → The Collector → Lord Dominik's Regards

50.0% win rate 5% of games 28 games
RunesPrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de GraceDominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter38% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite57%
Skills
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Head Rush
29101213
Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack
14578
Chilling Scream
314151718
Certain Death
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Briar build →

Best ADCs for Briar

Who Briar has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst ADCs for Briar

Who Briar has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

42.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.0% over 2,614 gamesPatch 26.21: 42.8% over 1,126 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
36.0%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
12.2%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 2 last patch
34.8%under 22 min
46.9%over 32 min

Briar Support gets worse as the elo rises. 42.8% across Silver and above, but 36.0% 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.

Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitS Briar+Senna champion portraitB SennavsMorgana champion portraitS Morgana+Ezreal champion portraitB Ezreal
10 / 11 / 10

Build

BloodsongPlated Steelcaps|The Collector→Edge of Night→Profane Hydra

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

WQEWWRWQWQQRQE
Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitS Briar+Caitlyn champion portraitB CaitlynvsZilean champion portraitS Zilean+Kai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa
1 / 14 / 7

Build

BloodsongPlated Steelcaps|Titanic Hydra→Black Cleaver

Spells & runes

ExhaustIgnite|

Skills

WEQWWRWQWQRQQE
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Briar champion portraitS Briar+Lucian champion portraitB LucianvsLux champion portraitS Lux+Caitlyn champion portraitB Caitlyn
5 / 13 / 10

Build

BloodsongPlated Steelcaps|Black Cleaver→Serpent's Fang

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

EWQWWRWQWQRQ

Runes

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

Most popular 45.1% win rate · 38% of games · 304 games
PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 41.2% win rate · 28% of games · 226 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 + Ignite57%43.8%651 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash33%41.9%377 games

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

Boots
Plated Steelcaps42%Mercury's Treads19%Gluttonous Greaves12%No boots8%
Plated Steelcaps most often · 46.0% win rate
Support item
Bloodsong69%Celestial Opposition17%Zaz'Zak's Realmspike4%
Bloodsong most often · 44.4% win rate

Briar build

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

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Briar Support is at 1,130 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Briar →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 1,130 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
42% · 46.3% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
19% · 43.7% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
12% · 46.7% win rate
No bootsNo boots
10% · 42.7% win rate
BootsBoots
8% · 32.2% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
4% · 42.9% win rate
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. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Briar's average instead of 50%.

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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