Briar is a melee fighter usually played Jungle on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Briar in ARAM: Briar excels as a sustain-focused diver in ARAM, using her W for healing and E for disruption.
Briar ARAM Abilities
Briar's attacks and abilities stack a bleed that heals her, with bonus healing based on missing health.
Briar leaps to a target, stunning and shredding their Armor.
Blood Frenzy: Leaps and enters a frenzy, relentlessly chasing the nearest enemy with boosted attack speed and area damage. · Snack Attack: Reactivates to chomp the target, dealing bonus damage based on missing health and healing from damage dealt.
Briar channels a scream, reducing damage taken and healing; fully charged, it knocks back and stuns enemies on wall collision.
Briar kicks a gemstone to mark her prey, then charges at them, fearing nearby enemies on arrival and entering an enhanced Blood Frenzy.
Briar ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Briar excels as a sustain-focused diver in ARAM, using her W for healing and E for disruption. Prioritize staying alive in teamfights by timing your abilities to maximize healing and avoid overextending.
Tips
Use your W to engage and heal in ARAM, but be careful not to dive too deep into enemy towers.
Save your E to interrupt key enemy abilities or peel for your team in tight corridors.
Build bruiser items like Goredrinker or Stridebreaker for sustain and survivability in ARAM's constant fights.
Activate your R to initiate fights from a distance, but aim carefully to avoid missing in the narrow ARAM map.
Combos
W -> auto-attack -> E to knock back and heal
R -> W -> Q to gap close and lock down a target
E -> Q -> W for a defensive engage with crowd control
Briar ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Domination
Hail of Blades
Sudden Impact
Grisly Mementos
Treasure HunterSecondary — Precision
Legend: Haste
Coup de GraceSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Long Sword - 2.
Pickaxe
Core Items
- 1.
Sundered Sky - 2.
Plated Steelcaps - 3.
Eclipse
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple tanks or bruisers
- you are a physical damage carry
- enemy team stacks armor items
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly squishy
- you need grievous wounds instead
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple tanks or bruisers
- you are a physical damage carry
- enemy team stacks armor items
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly squishy
- you need grievous wounds instead
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple AD threats
- you need survivability in extended fights
- your champion deals physical damage
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly AP
- you prefer burst over sustained damage
Options
Briar ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Briar in ARAM?
In ARAM, Briar typically builds core items like Sundered Sky, Plated Steelcaps, Eclipse and Hail of Blades runes (Domination primary, Precision secondary).
What runes should I use for Briar in ARAM?
Take Hail of Blades in the Domination tree as your keystone, with Precision as your secondary tree for Briar in ARAM.
How do you play Briar in ARAM?
Briar excels as a sustain-focused diver in ARAM, using her W for healing and E for disruption. Prioritize staying alive in teamfights by timing your abilities to maximize healing and avoid overextending.
What is Briar's best combo in ARAM?
W -> auto-attack -> E to knock back and heal
