Briar Jungle Build

Briar Champion Guide

Role: Fighter

Lane: Jungle

Briar Jungle is best played with Titanic Hydra, Plated Steelcaps, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Spirit Visage. The most picked runes for Briar Jungle are Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace for the primary tree, with Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter for the secondary tree.

Briar Champion Abilities

Crimson Curse

Briar’s attacks and abilities apply a bleed for 5 seconds, stacking up to 9 times. The bleed deals 10-50 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) total physical damage depending on stacks, and heals Briar for 25% of the pre-mitigation damage.

Briar gains 0-40% increased healing depending on her missing health. She has no base health regeneration and her abilities cost 6% current health to cast. P

Head Rush

Briar leaps to a target or ward, stunning them for 0.85 seconds, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+60% of ability power) (+0.8 per bonus attack damage) magic damage, and reducing their armor and magic resist by 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20% for 5 seconds.

Briar will stop prioritizing champions if she casts this ability on a minion or monster during Blood Frenzy. Q

Blood Frenzy

Briar leaps and enters a Blood Frenzy, self-taunting to the nearest enemy for 5 seconds, prioritizing champions. While in Blood Frenzy she gains 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95% attack speed and 24 / 33 / 42 / 51 / 60% movement speed, and her attacks deal 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100% AD physical damage to enemies surrounding her target.

Briar can recast this ability to empower her next attack. It deals 5 / 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 (+0.05 per attack damage) (+9% (+2.5% per 100 bonus attack damage) of the target's missing health) physical damage and heals Briar for 24 / 28 / 32 / 36 / 40% (+5% of Briar’s maximum health) of the damage dealt. W

Chilling Scream

Begin Charging: Briar removes Blood Frenzy and gathers energy, gaining 35% damage reduction and restoring health equal to 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 / 3.25% maximum health over 1 second.

Release: Briar unleashes a scream that deals up to 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+100% of ability power) (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) magic damage depending on time charged, and slows by 80% for 0.5 seconds. When fully charged, the scream knocks back enemies, dealing 140 / 215 / 290 / 365 / 440 (+240% of ability power) (+2.4 per bonus attack damage) magic damage to those who hit a wall and stunning them for 1.5 seconds. E

Certain Death

Briar kicks her pillory’s hemolith gemstone and flies to the location of the first champion it hits, marking them as her prey. On landing, she deals 150 / 250 / 350 (+120% of ability power) (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to everything nearby and causes enemies who are not her prey to flee for 1.5 seconds. She then enters an empowered Blood Frenzy and will pursue her prey until death. During this time, she gains bonus armor and magic resist equal to 20% of her AD, 10 / 15 / 20% life steal and an additional 10 / 20 / 30% movement speed. R

Briar Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Smite

Smite is a unit-targeted summoner spell that deals true damage to the target large or medium monster, enemy minion, or pet.

Briar Runes

Briar Items

Briar Ability Order

Briar Matchups Overview

Strong against

Karthus

Fiddlesticks

Graves

Jarvan IV

Rammus

Viego

Weak against

Nidalee

Hecarim

Kha'Zix

Talon

Ekko

Zed

Briar Tips and Tricks

Be proactive with your R and use it whenever it's available to secure kills, especially during the mid-game. In team fights, prioritize attacking squishy targets or enemies without strong defensive tools, as they are easier to take down quickly. When looking for fights, make sure your teammates are in a position to follow up so you don’t dive in alone.

Best Briar Builds, Runes and Items for Jungle

Most Popular

For a strong Briar Jungle build, take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. Use Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, with Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. Choose Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. Build Titanic Hydra first, then Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. Finish the build with Death's Dance, Spirit Visage, and Sterak's Gage. Stick to the ability order W - Q - E.

Optional

Another solid Briar Jungle build also runs Flash and Smite. Use Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace in the primary rune tree, with Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. Pick Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling for your rune shards. Start with Blade of the Ruined King, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. Complete the build with Death's Dance, Spirit Visage, and Sterak's Gage. Follow the ability order W - Q - E.

Alternative

For a different approach, take Flash and Smite. Use Press the Attack as your keystone, with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. Select Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your shards. Build Eclipse first, then Mercury's Treads and Sundered Sky. Finish with Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, and Spirit Visage. Stick to the skill order W - Q - E.

Off-Meta

For a unique playstyle, take Flash and Smite. Run Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace in the primary rune tree, with Conditioning and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling for rune shards. Start with Blade of the Ruined King, followed by Mercury's Treads and Black Cleaver. Complete the build with Death's Dance, Spirit Visage, and Chempunk Chainsword. Follow the skill order W - Q - E.

Situational Briar Runes and Items

Adapt your runes and item choices depending on the matchup and overall game state. Consider factors such as your team composition, enemy threats, and objectives before finalizing your build. If facing heavy physical damage, take Armor as a rune shard, while against strong magic damage, opt for Magic Resist instead.