01 / Briar
At a glance
Learn Briar abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Head RushCreates a control window for a follow-up.
- Blood Frenzy / Snack AttackOffers a movement tool for positioning.
- Chilling ScreamCan slow a target to prepare the next action.
What can go wrong
- Head RushUse this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
- Blood Frenzy / Snack AttackDecide where you want to finish the movement before casting. Using mobility to enter a fight can leave fewer options to retreat.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
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.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
QHead Rush
Briar leaps to a unit and hits enemies with The Heel Wheel (of Pain), stunning them and breaking their Armor.
Use this control to create a follow-up window. Check the target’s defensive spells and your teammates’ range before committing.
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.
Decide where you want to finish the movement before casting. Using mobility to enter a fight can leave fewer options to retreat.
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.
Use the slow to make the next action easier. It does not replace checking distance, cooldowns and an escape route.
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.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
Briar combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Recast practice: Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack
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With Briar, start with Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack, then continue through Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack → Head Rush → Chilling Scream. Treat the repeated Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack as separate activations. Practise its first effect and the moment for the follow-up independently.
Recast practice: Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack
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With Briar, start with Head Rush, then continue through Chilling Scream → Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack → Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack. Treat the repeated Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack as separate activations. Practise its first effect and the moment for the follow-up independently.
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Game plan by role
Briar · Jungle
Practise a repeatable clear before adding risky invades. Check nearby lane positions before entering the river or committing to a gank.
Prepare objectives by resetting, checking vision and moving with nearby allies. Avoid starting an objective solely because it has spawned.
Keep Smite and your escape plan in mind around contested objectives. Choose between engaging, covering a carry and keeping access to the objective.
Before your next fight, check: Head Rush · Certain Death · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Briar · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.