Briar·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Briar Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Sudden Impact and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Spirit Visage and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 54.4% winrate over 621 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Briar Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Titanic Hydra, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Black Cleaver as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 346 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Eclipse as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Maw of Malmortius. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 59.6% win rate across 136 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Briar Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Conditioning with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Titanic Hydra as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Black Cleaver as third item. The last 3 options are Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage and Death's Dance. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 57.1% win rate over 84 matches played.

Situational Briar Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Briar build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.