By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Restrained Hunger
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (1,159 games).
Briar, the Restrained Hunger, heals through the bleed of Crimson Curse but has no health regeneration of her own, and Certain Death sends her straight at one marked champion. Master+ players ran Press the Attack on her most of the time, with Titanic Hydra leading her most-bought path.
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Patch 26.18 · Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 1,159 games · Preview sample
1,159
Games
Moderate
Confidence
54.8%Win Rate
Flash
Smite61.9%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite
This exact page: taken in 22.7% of games·46.8% win rate over 263 games.
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.
Hail of Blades18.2% taken · 40.8% win211 games
Conqueror4.8% taken · 51.8% win56 games
Lethal Tempo3.9% taken · 46.7% win45 gamesPrecision + Domination43.4% taken · 48.5% win503 games
Precision + Inspiration30.9% taken · 52.2% win358 gamesDomination + Inspiration14.4% taken · 40.7% win167 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Briar's most common path.
QBriar leaps to a unit and hits enemies with The Heel Wheel (of Pain), stunning them and breaking their Armor.
Cooldown 13/12/11/10/9s · No cost
WBriar leaps forward and shatters her pillory, entering a Blood Frenzy that causes her to relentlessly pursue the nearest enemy (prioritizing champions).
Cooldown 14/13/12/11/10s · No cost
EBriar refocuses her mind, removing Blood Frenzy and channeling energy into a powerful scream that damages and slows enemies.
Cooldown 16s · No cost
RBriar kicks her pillory's hemolith gemstone, marking the first champion it hits as her prey.
Cooldown 120/100/80s · No costMax W first, then Q, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QHead Rush | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WBlood Frenzy / Snack Attack | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EChilling Scream | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RCertain Death | R | R | R |
How Briar performs against enemy jungle laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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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
PCrimson 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
QHead Rush
Briar leaps to a unit and hits enemies with The Heel Wheel (of Pain), stunning them and breaking their Armor.
No costCooldown 13/12/11/10/9sRange 475
WBlood 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.
No costCooldown 14/13/12/11/10sRange 350
EChilling 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.
No costCooldown 16sRange 400
RCertain 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.
No costCooldown 120/100/80sRange 12000
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Briar in 6 patches. The latest is patch 26.9, published 2026-04-28.
Base Stats
Briar has one of the steepest mastery curves in League. However, as time has gone on, more and more players have ended up at the high end of that curve and have been finding a lot of success. So we're looking to nerf a bit of her survivability, but keep her ability to kill a target.
Base Stats
QHead Rush
WBlood Frenzy
EChilling Scream
RCertain Death
Briar lost some of her luster in the new season and as someone with ample counter-play, she deserves to win more games than she currently does. We want to make sure her lifesteal-focused durability can manifest by giving her enough health and resists to make that healing efficient and while we're here, we're also throwing top lane Briar a bone by letting her trade more efficiently as well.
PCrimson Curse
Despite her lack of self-control, Briar's been tearing it up as one of the highest performing junglers at lower ranks for a bit now. We're looking to tap down her power to bleed out enemies with her passive at max stacks, as effective kiting (and thus lower stack counts) are more common at higher ranks.
QHead Rush
WBlood Frenzy
RCertain Death
Briar's ultimate is a little too hard to hit, especially against aware players. While it's intended that the spell has high counterplay, we wanted to ensure smart Briar players are able to find situations where it is much more in their favor to land. To do this, we're delaying the global warning sound until after the 1 second cast time, which should make R much easier to hit when cast at nearby enemies from out of vision. To compensate, we're nerfing her damage a bit as she's quite strong right now and doesn't have room for a straight buff. We also took this chance to move Q back to physical damage for all you lethality enjoyers out there.
RCertain Death
Bugfix
In this patch we've got one bugfix and one small buff for Briar. While the Q bugfix is pretty straightforward, we're adjusting her R to make her CC immune during the post missile cast time which should help resolve any issues that occurred if Briar was CC'd before her dash.
WBlood Frenzy
EChilling Scream
We've hunted down some awkward bugs on Briar that should improve how she feels to play.
Riot's data lists 4 looks for Briar with their own art, the base skin included and 25 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Briar | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 625 | =79th | 620 |
| Health per level | 95 | =151st | 104 |
| Base armor | 30 | =82nd | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.5 | =92nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 60 | =72nd | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.644 | =96th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2% | =119th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 340 | =37th | 335 |
| Attack range | 125 | =129th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 625 | +95 | 2240 | =151st of 173 |
| Armor | 30 | +4.5 | 106.5 | =90th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 | =5th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Briar, the Restrained Hunger, is a Fighter and Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 3/10 for difficulty, 9/10 for attack, 5/10 for defense and 3/10 for magic. Briar casts every ability without a cost and has 4 skins with their own art.
A failed experiment by the Black Rose, Briar's uncontrollable bloodlust required a special pillory to focus her frenzied mind. After years of confinement, this living weapon broke free from her restraints and unleashed herself into the world. Now she's controlled by no one—following only her hunger for knowledge and blood—and relishes the opportunities to let loose, even if reining back the frenzy isn't easy.
