Everything for Briar Mid on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Briar's win conditions.
Briar is an AD bruiser in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.9% win rate, 0.3% pick rate, 3,040 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Briar holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Briar wins: using Briar's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 7/10 mobility. Briar's soft spots are siege and disengage (3/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Titanic Hydra, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, which holds a 63.4% win rate across 71 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Caitlyn, where Briar sits at just 47.7%, the lane swings the other way into Ezreal (55.7%), and on the team side, Briar gains the most from a Malphite (+7.7% pair win rate).
The build Briar Mid players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
The picks Briar Mid struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Briar Mid wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Briar's win rate this patch.
Briar is also played in these other roles this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Briar's current standing? Open the Tier List.