Briar, League of Legends champion
Win Rate
52.8%
Pick Rate
3.1%
Ban Rate
16.4%

Briar vs Wukong

Briar S TierFighterAssassin
Patch
26.22
Games
6,062
Lane
All Lanes
Tier
All Tiers
Last Updated
Nov 14, 2026 UTC
Methodology
Data Methodology

Briar vs Wukong (Jungle): Briar wins 44.0% of 375 ranked games over the last 2 patches (gold diff at 15: +398). Patch 26.22 build & runes.

Briar – League of Legends champion iconBriar44.0%
Strong Wukong advantageHigh confidence · 375 games · Patch 26.21–26.22
56.0%WukongWukong – League of Legends champion icon

Wukong consistently wins this matchup across a large sample: Briar wins 44.0% of 375 games (95% range 39.1–49.1%).

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 – League of Legends champion icon
Briar
44.0%
VS
Wukong
56.0%
Wukong – League of Legends champion icon

Who wins Briar vs Wukong?

Strong Wukong advantageHigh confidence

Briar wins 44.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 39.1% and 49.1% (95% range).

Expected
50.1%
From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
Matchup effect
−6.1 pts
Observed minus expected
Sample
375 games
Lane: Jungle · Patch 26.21–26.22
vs patch 26.21
−4.3 pts
Within normal patch-to-patch noise

Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.21–26.22 · Oct 27 – Nov 13

The headline win rate covers patches 26.21–26.22 (375 games). The lane, game-length, build and rune sections below use patch 26.22 only (175 games).

Key takeaways

  • Wukong consistently wins this matchup across a large sample: Briar wins 44.0% of 375 games (95% range 39.1–49.1%).
  • That is 6.1 points worse for Briar than both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict (50.1%), so the matchup itself works against this pick.
  • Briar usually wins the lane: 398 gold ahead of Wukong at 15 minutes on average (172 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
  • Briar players pick Mercury's Treads much less often against Wukong: 28.8% of their other Jungle games, 20.6% 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 Wukong 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 Wukong Laning Stats

BriarWukong

At 15 minutes

Gold difference
+398
Briar ahead
95% range +193 to +603
XP difference
+80
Within the margin of error
95% range −94 to +254
CS difference
−0.6
Within the margin of error
95% range −3.6 to +2.4
3.62
Kills before 15 min
3.01
2.53
Deaths before 15 min
1.91
0.21
Solo kills before 15 min
0.27
8.6%
First blood
6.3%

Whole-game averages

1.1
CS / min
1.0
811
DMG / min
641
14,018
Gold / game
13,135
1,007
Heal / min
317
1,129
DMG Mitigated / min
1,075
1.1
CC / min
0.7

Briar vs Wukong Win Rate by Game Length

Briar's win rate against Wukong 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
14 games
Too few games
20–25 min
20 games
44.6%
25–30 min
56 games
38.0%
30–35 min
50 games
51.4%
35+ min
35 games
Briar vs Wukong95% rangeBriar usual (Jungle)

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

Briar vs Wukong 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: +398
  2. First itemEvenBriar: 0.2 min · Wukong: 0.2 min
  3. Games under 20 minInsufficient data
  4. 20–30 min gamesEvenBriar wins 39.5% of 76 games
  5. 30+ min gamesEvenBriar wins 43.5% of 85 games

What Briar Changes Against Wukong

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

Best Briar Build vs Wukong

Usual Briar build (Jungle)

80.0% win rate · 45 games

Against Wukong

Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 19 of 117 Briar games against Wukong carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Briar's standard build instead.

  • Briar usually completes Mosstomper Seedling first, at 0.2 min (median of 86 games).
  • Wukong usually completes Scorchclaw Pup first, at 0.2 min (median of 124 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 Wukong

Usual Briar runes (Jungle)

Press the Attack – League of Legends runePress the Attack
Precision
Triumph – League of Legends runeLegend: Haste – League of Legends runeCoup de Grace – League of Legends rune
Domination
Treasure Hunter – League of Legends runeSudden Impact – League of Legends rune
Adaptive Force (offense) – League of Legends runeAdaptive Force (flex) – League of Legends runeHealth Scaling (defense) – League of Legends rune

76.5% win rate · 17 games

Against Wukong

Press the Attack – League of Legends runePress the Attack
Precision
Triumph – League of Legends runeLegend: Alacrity – League of Legends runeCoup de Grace – League of Legends rune
Domination
Sudden Impact – League of Legends runeTreasure Hunter – League of Legends rune
Adaptive Force (offense) – League of Legends runeAdaptive Force (flex) – League of Legends runeHealth Scaling (defense) – League of Legends rune

34.3% win rate · 67 games

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Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.22. 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 Wukong FAQ - Patch 26.21–26.22

Who wins Briar vs Wukong?

Wukong consistently wins this matchup across a large sample: Briar wins 44.0% of 375 games (95% range 39.1–49.1%).

What is Briar's win rate against Wukong?

Briar wins 44.0% of 375 Jungle games against Wukong on patch 26.21–26.22 (95% range 39.1–49.1%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 50.1% would be expected.

Does Briar counter Wukong?

No — it is the other way around: Briar wins only 44.0% of 375 games against Wukong, and the whole 95% range is below 50%.

Who wins lane, Briar or Wukong?

Briar usually wins the lane: 398 gold ahead of Wukong at 15 minutes on average (172 games with a 15-minute snapshot).

Does Briar outscale Wukong?

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

When is Wukong strongest against Briar?

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

What should Briar build against Wukong?

There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: Hubris, The Collector, Death's Dance. The biggest change against Wukong: Mercury's Treads (28.8% usually, 20.6% here).

What runes should Briar use against Wukong?

Press the Attack with Precision and Domination — 34.3% over 67 games against Wukong. The biggest change against Wukong: Legend: Haste (17.6% usually, 25.1% here).