By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Briar
the Restrained Hunger
FighterAssassin
League of LegendsPatch 26.16JungleRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA90,684 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Jungle)
- 51.3%
- Win Rate
- 17.7%
- Pick Rate
- 6.2%
- Ban Rate
90,684
Games
Very High
Confidence
Matchup map (Jungle) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |   |   |   |
| Core 3 |  |  |   |   |
| Boots |  |  |  |  |
| Situational |   |  |   |  |
Popular build
41,715 games51.7%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
29,926 games50.4%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
10,882 games53.8%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Demolish
Second Wind
Revitalize
Secondary: Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Time Warp Tonic
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Crimson Curse
Briar's attacks and abilities apply a stacking bleed that heals her for a portion of the damage it deals. Perpetually hungry, she gains increased healing based on her missing Health, but lacks innate Health Regeneration.
Passive — never cast
Head Rush
Briar leaps to a unit and hits enemies with The Heel Wheel (of Pain), stunning them and breaking their Armor.
Cost 0 FuryCooldown 13/12/11/10/9sRange 475
Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack
Briar leaps forward and shatters her pillory, entering a Blood Frenzy that causes her to relentlessly pursue the nearest enemy (prioritizing champions). While frenzied, she gains increased Attack Speed and Move Speed, and her attacks deal damage in an area around her target.Briar can reactivate this ability while frenzied to take a CHOMP out of her target on her next attack, dealing additional damage based on their missing Health, and healing Briar based on the damage she deals.
Cost 0 FuryCooldown 14/13/12/11/10sRange 350
Chilling Scream
Briar refocuses her mind, removing Blood Frenzy and channeling energy into a powerful scream that damages and slows enemies. While charging, she takes reduced damage and heals for a portion of her max Health. A fully charged scream knocks foes back, dealing additional damage and stunning those who collide with a wall.
Cost 0 FuryCooldown 16sRange 400
Certain Death
Briar kicks her pillory's hemolith gemstone, marking the first champion it hits as her prey. She then beelines straight to them, fearing other surrounding enemies upon arriving at her target, and enters a state of complete hemomania. She will pursue her prey until death, gaining the benefits of Blood Frenzy as well as additional Armor, Magic Resistance, Life Steal, and Move Speed.
Cost 0 FuryCooldown 120/100/80sRange 12000
Scaling — level 1–18
BriarJungle average
1918
1918
1918
Counter plan — how to beat Briar
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Briar is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 3/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 48.6%
- Win Rate ▼ 0.1%
- 1.8%
- Pick Rate ▲ 6.0%
- 8.6%
- Ban Rate ▲ 1.5%
- Damage dealt
- 90.8%
- Damage taken
- 104.4%
- Healing
- 101.0%
- Shielding
- 101.8%
- Ability Haste
- +12
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now-0.4
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.3
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.2
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.8
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.