Briarvs Kayn
Briar vs Kayn is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.18. Kayn wins with a 51.7% win rate (+3.3%) over Briar based on 240 games. Kayn holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Briar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Briar vs Kayn 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.
Who wins Briar vs Kayn?
Briar wins 50.2% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 43.7% and 56.7% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.2% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- −1.0 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 223 games Lane: Jungle
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.18 · Sep 11 – Sep 14
Key takeaways
- Briar vs Kayn is an even matchup: Briar wins 50.2% of 223 games, and the 95% range (43.7–56.7%) comfortably includes 50%.
- Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 51.2% 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: 438 gold ahead of Kayn at 15 minutes on average (216 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Briar players pick Plated Steelcaps far more often against Kayn: 40.5% of their other Jungle games, 52.9% 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 Kayn 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 Kayn Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Solo kills are tracked from this patch on — 0 games have them so far, shown from 30.
Whole-game averages
Briar vs Kayn Win Rate by Game Length
Briar's win rate against Kayn 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.
No game length stands out: Briar's results against Kayn in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Briar vs Kayn 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.
- Lane (15 min)BriarBriar gold at 15: +438
- First itemEvenBriar: 0.2 min · Kayn: 0.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesEvenBriar wins 51.2% of 80 games
- 30+ min gamesEvenBriar wins 49.2% of 122 games
What Briar Changes Against Kayn
Choices Briar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Plated SteelcapsBootsUsually40.5%vs Kayn52.9%+12.4 pts49.2% WR here
Mercury's TreadsBootsUsually29.6%vs Kayn17.5%−12.1 pts51.3% WR here
Usually34.4%vs Kayn26.0%−8.4 pts53.4% WR here- W > E > Qthe W > E > Q skill orderSkill priorityUsually10.2%vs Kayn14.8%+4.6 pts57.6% WR here
Adaptive Force (offense)Stat shardUsually92.6%vs Kayn96.4%+3.8 pts50.2% WR here
Best Briar Build vs Kayn
Usual Briar build (Jungle)
62.5% win rate · 136 games
Limited sample: 25 of 153 games finished this exact core, so treat it as an observation rather than a recommendation.
- Briar usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.2 min (median of 109 games).
- Kayn usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.2 min (median of 91 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 Kayn
Usual Briar runes (Jungle)
Press the Attack
55.1% win rate · 283 games
Against Kayn
Press the Attack
49.5% win rate · 101 games
Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.18. 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
Hardest for Briar
Easiest for Briar
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Briar vs Kayn FAQ - Patch 26.18
Who wins Briar vs Kayn?
Briar vs Kayn is an even matchup: Briar wins 50.2% of 223 games, and the 95% range (43.7–56.7%) comfortably includes 50%.
What is Briar's win rate against Kayn?
Briar wins 50.2% of 223 Jungle games against Kayn on patch 26.18 (95% range 43.7–56.7%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 51.2% would be expected.
Does Briar counter Kayn?
Not clearly. Briar wins 50.2% of 223 games against Kayn, and the 95% range (43.7–56.7%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Briar or Kayn?
Briar usually wins the lane: 438 gold ahead of Kayn at 15 minutes on average (216 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Briar outscale Kayn?
Not measurably: Briar's win rate against Kayn in games of 25 minutes or less and in longer games is within the margin of error of each other.
When is Kayn strongest against Briar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Kayn is ahead of Briar beyond the margin of error.
What should Briar build against Kayn?
The most successful Briar core against Kayn is The Collector, Death's Dance, Titanic Hydra (64.0% over 25 games). The biggest change against Kayn: Plated Steelcaps (40.5% usually, 52.9% here).
What runes should Briar use against Kayn?
Press the Attack with Precision and Domination — 49.5% over 101 games against Kayn. The biggest change against Kayn: Adaptive Force (offense) (92.6% usually, 96.4% here).