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My On-Hit Briar Build (For Top Lane, Mid or Jungle)

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Runes: On-Hit/Max Heal Runes

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Precision

Conqueror

Triumph

Legend: Tenacity

Coup de Grace

Resolve

Bone Plating

Revitalize

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

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Flash

Ignite

Items

Starting Items

First Back

Full Briar Build

Full Briar Build Version 2

Jungle Starting Items

First back

Full Jungle Briar Build

Full Briar Build Max Heal Version

Ability Order Lane Version

1 2

Briar Passive Ability

Champion Build Guide

About Me

Hello everyone,

My nickname is BaLoRi, I am an Educational Content Creator/Streamer part of Fnatic and FNC Network.
This Mobafire profile and the guides I am creating meant to explain my unique playstyle and build theory to my Community and make my Balorians even stronger 🔥
All the guides that I am creating are ONLY for champions that will give you high win ratios and these are the very same builds that I am using to rank up without trying.

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Lets now start with our OP Build guide and how to win games easier than ever!

An introduction to Our Briar Builds

After seeing I was sure she will make a perfect champion that will fit our gamestyle and of course builds!
So I created different kind of build version for us to enjoy and maximize potential, by combining, On-Hit effect, 48%+ Armor Reduction effects from and , healing effects from , , and then multiply these effects with and for 40%+, while also having slow effects from and lastly a huge amount of tenacity from and you will make literally unstoppable!!

You can check the potential of these different Build versions in full late games here:

On-Hit

Max Heal

Max attack speed And FINAL FORM Of this Champion in a Full Late Game

Lets now explain which runes will make more of a monster than she already is!

Secret Behind Runes

Now lets start with the Important stuff, which runes to play for and why!
We got plenty of build runes versions as you can see above, but the most balanced between damage and sustain will be the one that I will describe now.

For we will focus on playing with the combination of Presicion and Resolve:

For Precision:

One of the most powerful runes that you can pick for , you will have bonus AD but also bonus healing after fully stacking it, something that you will do with ease, cause you can use your skills and hits to get your stacks, this rune together with will give you the sustain needed to overpower any champion!

Another powerful rune, Bonus %Max hp and %Missing Hp HEAL and also GOLD with each takedown (Kill or assist), this heal will be multiplied by and by 40+%!

A must to have, no matter what, bonus Tenacity that together with will let you have 44% Tenacity making you avoid any kind of CC and allow to keep hitting to the target for as many times as possible!

, while and are bonus good options, will give you damage while the enemy is with LOW HP, something that they will be, cause you will instant delete them by just pressing W-Q-HIT-HIT-W and that will make then be bellow 40% easily.

For Resolve:

A rune not useful for most, but one of the best choices for and her character design, your main objective as is to engage to the target with your W, will let you avoid some of the damage that you will receive while they are start fighting back and that will let you be full hp, even after finishing the target with them!

The MOST Powerful rune for Heal type champions and especially for , multiply your heals and shield (From allies or items) by 5% to 15%, that together with that is a core item for will let you push this number to OVER 40%, making just your to heal for insane numbers even if you got heal reduction against you!!

Now lets explain how and why we choose the items for [Briar]] and how to utilize her potential and kit!

Secret Behind the Items

As we talked above, our main objective is to increase our DAMAGE but also the SUSTAIN by combining on-hit, armor reduction/pen and healing effects!
Thats why the items choices will be towards that direction, lets start.

For start items, always play with , this will give you AD, HP and Omnivamp, as a champion that hits and skills are both the damage sources, then to have the omnivamp from early, will let you overpower most of the champions at level 3, the healing from doran's blade, a super gold efficient item, will also be multiplied from lvl 1 till you sell it from and later on if you still have with from that will increase the stat value even further!!

For the first back, I am personally going for and or to increase my AD, HP, HEAL ON-HIT effect and to also have to sell it and get one of my core items after fully stacking it!

Our first core item that we will finish no matter the build or role we are playing with, will be , as a champion that using tons of hits to apply damage and with a very high attack speed, will fully use this item to not only apply on-hit effects, but also have lifesteal and a SLOW-MS bonus effect after hitting the target 3 times!!

Our Second core item, will be , another item that fitting kit perfectly, you will increase your AD, HP, Attack speed, Movement speed, even bonus AD and a 200% Damage effect after using your Skills, something that you will do non-stop, the combinating of , and your will let you have all the bonus movement speed effects to not reach the target and secure killing it no matter how fast or how many dashes they got!!

Along the way, dont forget to update your boots, always go for , tenacity is a stat that need to always stay on the target without be stopped, by combining your rune you will have up to 44% tenacity, to make youself unstoppable while also increasing your MR!

Our Third and most important item for will be , this item will give you HP, MR, Ability haste and 25% Increase HEALING from any source, be it your healing effects, or from your allies, making you reach numbers for %40+ by combining your rune as well!

For fourth Core item, we will play with the , this item will increase your AD, HP, ABILITY HASTE, give you ms bonus effect but also reduce the target's armor by 30%, together with your , you will drop enemies armor for up to 48%, making them have the lowest armor possible for you to apply the damage needed to destroy them (This armor reduction effect will apply on the target and increase yours but also the damage that comes from all physical sources, that includes creeps, towers but also your ally champions)

For Last item you got multiple options, lets talk about them and how to choose them.

1. the first and personal favorite one, will be , this item will increae not only your AD, Ability haste and %armor penetration, but also will give you a slow effect that will help you as to not let your FOOD get away!! Making it the perfect combination for your kit, but also with the rest of your items that will give you except the 48% armor reduction effect a 30% armor penetratin effect to do as much physical damage as possible vs any target, be it a full tank or not!
2. Death's dance Another good option, bonus AD, Armor, Ability haste, Burst to damage per second effect and healing after getting a kill or assist, this item will help you heal from the target you received after going all in and increse this healing even further from revilitaze and
3. An unexpected item, that is also good if you are a jungler, bonus AD, Ability haste, lethality and the ability to reduce your CD of your R with each kill or assist, making you use your R with a CD as low as to 15seconds and be a global terror on the map!
4. if your item needs for you to take all the focus, then to have will save you life, but also your games, bonus ad, armor and the ability to revive, making it a little bit easier for you to play more aggro and make plays and win games!

Now you got everything that you need to know about and how to combine her Skills, runes and items to make her an absolute unstoppable monster, no matter what you got against you, or what kind of cc they will use, with our build you will make sure to delete them, while having the best possible sustain and damage!!

Enjoy.

How to Play Briar

is a very special champion, the only one that you will use control and hit the enemy target non-stop without the ability to control . Of course, this is not true at all, there are plenty ways to control her and know EXACTLY that you are doing.

Your will force the enemy champion for 5 seconds, to control which champion to focus, or to focus the creeps, you need to use your Q , your Q will redirect the attack and will focus only that target.
Now if you dont want to keep chasing the target and end up under tower, or on a strange situation, then you got another way to stop hitting the enemy targets (be it champions or creeps, depends when you will use your Q), this is to press E and not only Heal, reduce the damage that you are taking but also do a huge amount of damage, especially if you aim to hit the enemy targets in front of you towards the wall and also CC them.
is a very powerful tool, that will save you multiple times just by using it right. By using your E, you will instantly stop the or the full focus on one target and let you regain the control of to either engage again, or simply use your skills to focus on a diffent champion.
So the myth that is not a champion that you can't "control", is not true. Not only you can control and hit the targets you wanna, but you will also direct your attacks to any target you want just by using your skills!

Lets talk right now, how to play in lane phase and how to avoid ending up under tower and dying!
Simple combos that you can use in lane phase will be the followings, first of all, start with E and never W or Q, your E will help you avoid damage, heal yourself and win the trade if the enemies decide to attack you lvl 1 with ease.
The main objective to start trade with your enemy laner will be at lvl 3 and if needed level 2 under having your W and E, you can engage with your W, hit as many times as possible, then use your W again and press E to end the effect while also, if possible, aim to hit the enemy target towards the wall to apply even more damage!
After having your ultimate you can also start looking for targets around the map to kill, except of your laner (if you are top or mid), if you are jungler, then to use your R for a cross map play will be something that they wont except, especially if you just show yourself TOP and then gank BOT with it!!

will with ease going to overpower any target at lvl 5, at level 9, that you will have max level of your and some items will be even easier. What you need to avoid is fighting lvl 1 or lvl 2 and just wait for your level 3 to have Q-W-E ready to use!

The combo will start with always W first, hit one time, then instant, Q, then hit two more items, press W again to do the burst damage of the second W effect Snack Attack and then PRESS E to stop the effect of chasing the target.
This will let you do a huge amount of damage, but also heal yourself and AVOID any damage possible cause of the E damage reduction effect!!

In every fight, after using your W or R to chase a target, redirect with your Q to chase the lowest hp target, this will let you do an even more amount of damage cause of how your W second effect that increase its damage and HEAL while target got lower amount of hp!

To keep it short, practice will let you fully control , if you want to not chase the enemy champion the moment you press W then you can just simply use your Q to the creeps, this will make to hit only the creeps and not bother with the champions till the entire enemy wave is dead! A super powerful tool to use, especially if you wanna farm close to your tower, while the enemy champion is fully pushing you there!

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Now you got everything that you need to know about , what you need is practice, start learning how to use the champion right and also know the powerspikes from items and levels. After few games you will understand that is one of the most powerful champions in this game and with our builds, she will become EVEN STRONGER and let you destroy any champion with ease even if you had some problems early game!!
Next are some of the match ups that I played against as Top Lane for you to see how I used everything I described above, in real game experience!
Enjoy.

Different Briar Match ups

Briar vs Malphite

Briar vs Renekton (Max Heal)

Briar vs Rumble

Briar vs Tryndamere

Briar vs Mordekaiser (On-hit)

Briar vs Shen (Max Heal)

Briar vs Fiora (Max attack speed)

Briar Tank type build

Briar vs Sion (On-Hit)