Briar, League of Legends champion
Win Rate
50.7%
Pick Rate
3.7%
Ban Rate
20.3%

Briar vs Bel'Veth

Briar A TierFighterAssassin
Patch
26.20
Games
6,632
Lane
All Lanes
Tier
All Tiers
Last Updated
Oct 16, 2026 UTC
Methodology
Data Methodology

Briar vs Bel'Veth is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Briar wins with a 57.4% win rate (+14.7%) over Bel'Veth based on 68 games. Briar wins the early laning phase while Bel'Veth scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Briar vs Bel'Veth matchup.

Briar Matchup Breakdown

Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Briar performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.

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Briar
Briar
59.1%
VS
Bel'Veth
40.9%
Bel'Veth

Who wins Briar vs Bel'Veth?

Slight Briar edgeLow confidence

Briar wins 59.1% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 47.0% and 70.1% (95% range).

Expected
49.5%
From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
Matchup effect
+9.6 pts
Observed minus expected
Sample
66 games
Lane: Jungle
vs patch 26.19
+3.1 pts
Within normal patch-to-patch noise

Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 11

Key takeaways

  • Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 59.1% of 66 games (95% range 47.0–70.1%).
  • Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 49.5% for Briar; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
  • Briar usually wins the lane: 673 gold ahead of Bel'Veth at 15 minutes on average (64 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
  • Briar players pick Lethal Tempo far more often against Bel'Veth: 2.1% of their other Jungle games, 6.1% here.
How we calculate this

Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.

A game only counts when Briar and Bel'Veth played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.

The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.

Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.

"What changes" compares Briar's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).

Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.

Briar vs Bel'Veth Laning Stats

BriarBel'Veth

At 15 minutes

Gold difference
+673
Briar ahead
95% range +302 to +1,045
XP difference
+247
Within the margin of error
95% range −78 to +572
CS difference
−1.3
Within the margin of error
95% range −7.0 to +4.3
4.27
Kills before 15 min
2.13
2.22
Deaths before 15 min
2.72
0.51
Solo kills before 15 min
0.22
9.1%
First blood
9.1%

Whole-game averages

1.0
CS / min
1.5
811
DMG / min
651
13,779
Gold / game
13,645
951
Heal / min
499
1,004
DMG Mitigated / min
1,040
1.0
CC / min
0.7

Briar vs Bel'Veth Win Rate by Game Length

Briar's win rate against Bel'Veth by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.

Too few games
Under 20 min
6 games
Too few games
20–25 min
8 games
74.1%
25–30 min
27 games
Too few games
30–35 min
17 games
Too few games
35+ min
8 games
Briar vs Bel'Veth95% rangeBriar usual (Jungle)

No game length stands out: Briar's results against Bel'Veth in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.

Briar vs Bel'Veth Power Spikes

Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.

  1. Lane (15 min)BriarBriar gold at 15: +673
  2. First itemEvenBriar: 0.2 min · Bel'Veth: 0.2 min
  3. Games under 20 minInsufficient data
  4. 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
  5. 30+ min gamesInsufficient data

What Briar Changes Against Bel'Veth

Choices Briar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.

Best Briar Build vs Bel'Veth

Usual Briar build (Jungle)

73.9% win rate · 23 games

Against Bel'Veth

Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 6 of 41 Briar games against Bel'Veth carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Briar's standard build instead.

  • Briar usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.2 min (median of 36 games).
  • Bel'Veth usually completes Gustwalker Hatchling first, at 0.2 min (median of 39 games).
  • Skill priority: W > Q > E — the same as usual.

Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.

Best Briar Runes vs Bel'Veth

Usual Briar runes (Jungle)

Hail of BladesHail of Blades
Domination
Sudden ImpactSixth SenseTreasure Hunter
Inspiration
Magical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive Force (offense)Adaptive Force (flex)Health Scaling (defense)

81.0% win rate · 21 games

Against Bel'Veth

Press the AttackPress the Attack
Precision
TriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Domination
Sudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive Force (offense)Adaptive Force (flex)Health Scaling (defense)

67.9% win rate · 28 games

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Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Briar's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.

Other Briar Matchups

Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.

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Briar vs Bel'Veth FAQ - Patch 26.20

Who wins Briar vs Bel'Veth?

Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 59.1% of 66 games (95% range 47.0–70.1%).

What is Briar's win rate against Bel'Veth?

Briar wins 59.1% of 66 Jungle games against Bel'Veth on patch 26.20 (95% range 47.0–70.1%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 49.5% would be expected.

Does Briar counter Bel'Veth?

Not clearly. Briar wins 59.1% of 66 games against Bel'Veth, and the 95% range (47.0–70.1%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.

Who wins lane, Briar or Bel'Veth?

Briar usually wins the lane: 673 gold ahead of Bel'Veth at 15 minutes on average (64 games with a 15-minute snapshot).

Does Briar outscale Bel'Veth?

There are too few games of each length to tell yet.

When is Bel'Veth strongest against Briar?

On current data there is no stage of the game where Bel'Veth is ahead of Briar beyond the margin of error.

What should Briar build against Bel'Veth?

There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: Voltaic Cyclosword, The Collector, Edge of Night.

What runes should Briar use against Bel'Veth?

Press the Attack with Precision and Domination — 67.9% over 28 games against Bel'Veth. The biggest change against Bel'Veth: Lethal Tempo (2.1% usually, 6.1% here).