Briar·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Briar Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Cash Back and Triple Tonic 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Profane Hydra, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Infinity Edge. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 46.5% winrate over 430 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Briar Support 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 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 Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Titanic Hydra, Lord Dominik's Regards and Death's Dance. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 43.6% win rate over 349 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Time Warp Tonic in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Hextech Rocketbelt as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Knight's Vow and Serpent's Fang. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 36.0% win rate across 161 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Briar Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Triumph with Coup de Grace as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.7% win rate over 121 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.