Briar ARAM Mayhem Build

The Restrained Hunger. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #68 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterAssassinNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.2%
Pick rate: 3.7%
Rank: #68 of 173
Games: 865,179
Patch: 26.21

How to play Briar in ARAM Mayhem

Briar is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #68 of 173 champions, with a 50.2% win rate over 865,179 games. Riot rates it 3/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

80% of Briar's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 49,812 damage per game and mitigates another 58,979, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. It dies 14.3 times per game on average: it trades its life for impact, so time your engages with your team.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Death's Dance and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 52.5% win rate over 205,013 games. On this build 44% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Briar are Weapon of Destiny, Ultra Hydra and Armored Impact. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Arcane Axiom and Ultimate Unstoppable when you can: they do worst on Briar. A pair to look for: Dashing with Mystic Punch.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max W (Blood Frenzy / Snack Attack) first, then Q, then E.

Briar ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Briar game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

52.5% win rate · 28% of Briar games · 205,013 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Death's Dance
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Briar, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	24%
No boots	44%
Mercury's Treads	25%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger40% buy it
Infinity Edge46% buy it
Spirit Visage5% buy it
Randuin's Omen5% buy it
Blade of The Ruined King9% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean2% buy it

Other build paths

Other Briar build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Death's Dance	22.6%	52.1%
TankHeartsteel, Warmog's Armor, Overlord's Bloodmail	2.0%	52.6%
BruiserHubris, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger	20.3%	51.0%

Games: the share of all Briar games that went this way.

Most bought items

Death's Dance65% of games
The Collector62% of games
Hubris48% of games
Endless Hunger35% of games
Infinity Edge32% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards27% of games
Mercury's Treads24% of games
Gluttonous Greaves15% of games
Sundered Sky15% of games
Blade of The Ruined King14% of games

Best augments for Briar

Every card with enough Briar games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Briar's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Briar

12 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Briar in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Swift and Safe	Silver	Tier S	Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown).
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier S	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier S	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Typhoon	Silver	Tier S	Your Attacks shoot a missile at an additional target, dealing 30% damage and applying On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier A	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Dashing	Prismatic	Tier A	Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities gain 175 Ability Haste.
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Still Here	Gold	Tier A	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Symphony of War	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain the Lethal Tempo and Conqueror Keystone Runes. Lethal Tempo - Attacking champions grants Attack Speed, stacking up to 6 times. At 6…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Erosion	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemies shreds 1.5% Armor and Magic Resist for 4s, up to 30% at 20 stacks.

Average on Briar
58 cards, best first

Below average on Briar
34 cards, best first

Weakest on Briar
16 cards, best first

Best first augment for Briar

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Briar's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Briar in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
2	Ultra HydraTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Swift and SafeTier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
4	Back To BasicsTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Swift and SafeTier S	Mystic PunchTier S
5	Clown CollegeTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Briar, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 50.4% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 47.5% win rate

Skill order

WBlood Frenzy / Snack Attack
QHead Rush
EChilling Scream

Max W first. 82% of players use this order (52.3% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Briar in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 14.2 / 14.3 / 19.7
KDA: 2.50
Damage to champions: 41,998
Damage taken: 49,812
Self-mitigated: 58,979
Healing on allies: 1
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 31 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:26

Damage type

Physical 80%Magic 13%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Briar build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Briar: The Collector, Death's Dance and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Briar in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Briar, best first: Weapon of Destiny, Ultra Hydra, Armored Impact, Back To Basics and The Boom and the Bass. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Briar good in ARAM Mayhem?

Briar is tier B on patch 26.21, #68 of 173 champions, with a 50.2% win rate over 865,179 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Briar in ARAM Mayhem?

For Briar's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Ultra Hydra, Weapon of Destiny, Back To Basics and Clown College, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Fighters in ARAM Mayhem

Get Briar's build and card tiers in your game

LazyElo is a free Windows app that sits next to the League client. In the Mayhem lobby it shows which champion on your bench is strongest; in the game you type the three cards you're offered and see their tier for Briar side by side, with this build in the overlay.

Download LazyElo for Windows

Free plan, no ads. For Windows 10 and 11.

Plans and pricing The ARAM Mayhem overlay

ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Briar counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.