Briar

The Black Rose rarely talks about its disasters, yet Briar is one of them in the flesh. From the outset she was an experiment that spiraled out of hand. Her bloodlust slipped past anything her creators could govern, so they built a special pillory simply to keep her frenzied mind fixed on something.

She stayed locked in that state for years in Noxus, held in check but never corrected. When she finally tore loose from the restraints meant to hold her, the appetite driving her was exactly as strong as before. The difference was that nobody remained to steer it. She takes orders from no one now, following whichever blend of knowledge and blood her instincts favor, and she plainly relishes the license to feed that hunger, even when holding herself back would be the harder choice.

Her abilities suggest the pillory never truly released its grip. Crimson Curse applies a bleed to everything she strikes, and the lower her own health falls, the more it restores her. Head Rush carries her across the gap and stuns with a weapon she jokingly dubs the Heel Wheel of Pain. Blood Frenzy throws off her restraint completely, launching her at the closest foe on raw instinct. Chilling Scream is where she wrests back a little control, swapping the frenzy for a slowing scream that also shields her from harm. Certain Death, her ultimate, singles out one champion as her quarry and hurls her directly at them, knocking aside anyone who gets in the way. Fellow Noxians such as Darius treat strength as a creed; for Briar it was never a creed, just a hunger no one ever managed to fully lock away.

She usually fights in the top lane, sometimes in mid, and draws on Fury rather than Mana. A resource that builds with rage suits her far better than anything measured and refilled on a timer. Set beside Noxians like Ambessa, who leads through discipline, Briar serves as a reminder that Noxus also breeds forces no one truly commands.