Briar Counters

This page catalogs the significant Briar matchups for the JUNGLE role in League of Legends, based on actual ranked win-rate data instead of subjective takes. Right now, Zyra, Nasus, and Taliyah give Briar the most trouble, producing her lowest win rates in the current dataset. Zyra stands out as the hardest of them: Briar wins only 44.1% of 236 logged games against her. Going the other way, Briar holds up well against Locke, Pantheon, and Zed, so those are the safer champions to draft into.

Every card lists Briar’s win rate in that matchup along with the sample size behind it. A figure drawn from tens of thousands of games deserves more confidence than one resting on a few hundred. The Easy, Even, and Hard tags are derived from the win rate itself (under 48% is marked Hard, over 52% is marked Easy), so they serve as a quick reading aid rather than a separate statistic. The numbers come from ranked games at Emerald and above across all regions on patch 16.13.1, and they update every 48 hours to keep pace with shifts in the meta. Matchups tell only part of the story, so pair them with the current Briar build for the best items and runes, or visit the Briar champion page for her abilities and complete details.