# Briar Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff
See Briar counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Briar in League of Legends.
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Fighter · Diver · Jungle

Prepare for battle with Briar — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts.

## Playstyle Profile

Briar is a diver — disrupts the backline by committing onto enemy carries

Teamfight Role Backline Diver

Power Spike Mid game

Split Threat None

Backline Access Low

## Briar's Strengths

- Disrupts the enemy backline — Briar's dives force carries to reposition instead of dealing damage

## How to Play Briar

Champion-specific pre-match tips

### Lane Phase

Avoid trading before level 3 to ensure you have all basic abilities unlocked, allowing you to safely cancel your W berserk with Q or E.

### Lane Phase

Hold the minion wave on your side of the lane when low on health and cast E through the minions to maximize your passive health regeneration.

### Lane Phase

Save W for trading only when E is off cooldown to guarantee you always have a reliable way to cancel the berserk state and disengage.

### Mid Game

Weave basic attacks between your abilities to maximize burst damage by using Q and the initial W cast as auto-attack resets.

### Mid Game

Tap E instantly without charging when an enemy attempts to burst you during skirmishes to push them back and briefly mitigate incoming damage.

### Late Game

Position yourself near jungle walls around Baron or Elder Dragon and fully charge E to push clustered enemies into terrain for a massive stun.

### Late Game

Redirect your berserk aggro by casting Q on a different nearby enemy if your initial target uses a stasis effect or dashes deep into their backline.

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## Core Build

Ranked from real ranked-match itemization

We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher.

- The Collector — 3,000

- Titanic Hydra — 3,300

- Plated Steelcaps (Boots) — 1,200

- Death's Dance — 3,300

- Blade of The Ruined King — 3,200

- Overlord's Bloodmail — 3,300

total: 17,300

## How to Counter Briar

Counter strategies and draft context

kite with range, burst before they sustain, or outscale with team-oriented compositions

- Vulnerable to CC during dives — Briar commits hard and can be punished if locked down

- Ranged champions that maintain distance in trades

- Burst-heavy picks that kill before sustain matters

- Team compositions with strong peel for carries

### Briar's Weaknesses

- Layered crowd control — Briar gets locked down mid-dive when the enemy stacks CC and peel

## Best Synergies with Briar

Team synergies and draft context

- Dive buddies that split enemy focus alongside Briar — two divers are harder to peel than one

- Engage supports that set up skirmishes in your favor

- Champions with follow-up CC after your initial dive

- Split-push compositions that let you 1v1 in a side lane

### Draft Context

- Drafts another diver with no backline carry — Briar disrupts, but the team has no sustained damage

## Learning Curve

[Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Briar's win rate changes with mastery level

Briar has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, and the learning curve is among the steepest in the game. Expect a long stretch of low win rates before meaningful improvement — mastering this champion demands serious commitment.

Skill Cap Very High

Cost of Learning Extremely High

Win Rate Delta by Mastery

Mastery Level | Win Rate |

1-2 | 35.8% |

3-4 | 50.1% |

5-6 | 51.1% |

7-8 | 55.2% |

9-12 * | 58.2% |

13-16 | 58.2% |

17+ | 58.2% |

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