Briar·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Briar Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Revitalize 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 Eclipse as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and finish with Spirit Visage. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 57.0% winrate over 277 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Briar Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand 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 Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver and Chempunk Chainsword. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 56.6% win rate over 159 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 144 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Briar Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Second Wind with Revitalize as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Maw of Malmortius as your first item, then finish Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Black Cleaver as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Titanic Hydra and Sundered Sky. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.9% win rate over 102 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.