Briar·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Briar Top build, you should take Teleport and Ignite 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 Overlord's Bloodmail, Sterak's Gage and finish with Sundered Sky. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 55.6% winrate over 478 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, 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 Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sundered Sky, Spirit Visage and Randuin's Omen. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.6% win rate across 77 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.