Briarvs Olaf
Briar vs Olaf is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.10. Olaf wins with a 57.7% win rate (+15.4%) over Briar based on 26 games. Olaf 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 Olaf 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.
Olaf(42.3%)Who Wins the Briar vs Olaf Matchup?
Briar vs Olaf Matchup Summary
The Briar vs Olaf matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 26 recent matches analyzed, Olaf wins with a 57.7% win rate compared to Briar's 42.3%, giving Olaf a 15.4 percentage point advantage. Olaf dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Briar players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Briar leads by 0.5s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Olaf has a strong advantage in this matchup. Briar players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Olaf overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Briar vs Olaf Laning Phase Breakdown
Briar is favored during the laning phase against Olaf, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Briar holds advantages in damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Briar Build Against Olaf
Gluttonous Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Olaf, providing the mobility and stats Briar needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Briar against Olaf are Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King and Black Cleaver. This combination gives Briar an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build has a 25.0% win rate across 4 games. While the overall matchup may be difficult, this item path gives Briar the best chance to compete against Olaf. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Briar vs Olaf matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Briar33.3%Olaf66.7%Briar47.1%Olaf52.9%Olaf dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 66.7% win rate — a 33.3 percentage point lead over Briar. This lopsided early game means Olaf can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Olaf is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 52.9% win rate — 5.9 points above Briar. Extended games heavily favor Olaf, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Olaf holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Briar players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Briar Runes Against Olaf
Domination
Resolve
The Domination and Resolve rune setup gives Briar the best tools to compete against Olaf in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.10. 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.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.50% | 440 | 1.0 | 818 | 13,140 | 53.4% | 51.7% | |
| 51.13% | 399 | 1.1 | 877 | 14,056 | 47.3% | 53.4% | |
| 49.05% | 367 | 1.0 | 814 | 13,133 | 48.8% | 49.3% | |
| 50.55% | 366 | 1.0 | 877 | 13,857 | 54.8% | 47.7% | |
| 51.74% | 344 | 1.0 | 853 | 13,520 | 51.8% | 51.7% | |
| 54.40% | 318 | 1.0 | 803 | 13,263 | 55.2% | 53.7% | |
| 41.84% | 239 | 1.1 | 774 | 13,366 | 46.7% | 38.1% | |
| 49.16% | 238 | 1.2 | 907 | 13,630 | 41.0% | 55.1% | |
| 48.89% | 225 | 1.0 | 820 | 13,234 | 52.6% | 46.1% | |
| 57.14% | 224 | 1.1 | 809 | 14,260 | 52.8% | 59.2% | |
| 52.49% | 221 | 1.0 | 777 | 12,832 | 54.5% | 50.8% | |
| 52.75% | 182 | 1.1 | 778 | 13,628 | 51.2% | 54.0% | |
| 40.91% | 154 | 1.1 | 822 | 13,714 | 39.7% | 41.7% | |
| 48.67% | 150 | 1.1 | 922 | 14,016 | 55.2% | 44.6% | |
| 55.33% | 150 | 1.3 | 856 | 14,270 | 53.7% | 56.3% | |
| 52.78% | 144 | 1.4 | 814 | 13,205 | 58.5% | 48.1% | |
| 37.32% | 142 | 1.2 | 784 | 13,160 | 41.4% | 34.5% | |
| 53.38% | 133 | 1.0 | 842 | 12,990 | 54.1% | 52.8% | |
| 52.76% | 127 | 1.2 | 850 | 14,005 | 60.4% | 48.1% | |
| 52.80% | 125 | 1.1 | 846 | 13,136 | 55.4% | 50.7% | |
| 57.85% | 121 | 1.6 | 892 | 13,156 | 60.7% | 55.0% | |
| 54.17% | 120 | 0.8 | 754 | 12,459 | 51.6% | 56.9% | |
| 47.06% | 119 | 1.0 | 761 | 12,310 | 53.2% | 40.4% | |
| 48.21% | 112 | 1.2 | 860 | 13,562 | 39.5% | 53.6% | |
| 47.71% | 109 | 1.1 | 835 | 14,093 | 59.2% | 38.3% | |
| 52.29% | 109 | 0.9 | 851 | 14,113 | 52.2% | 52.4% | |
| 56.48% | 108 | 1.1 | 813 | 12,958 | 64.6% | 50.0% | |
| 44.76% | 105 | 1.1 | 919 | 14,317 | 46.5% | 43.5% | |
| 47.42% | 97 | 1.5 | 876 | 12,722 | 52.3% | 43.4% | |
| 55.32% | 94 | 1.2 | 845 | 13,198 | 52.5% | 57.4% | |
| 56.38% | 94 | 1.5 | 882 | 13,718 | 59.0% | 54.5% | |
| 50.00% | 90 | 1.2 | 762 | 13,780 | 47.1% | 51.8% | |
| 61.45% | 83 | 1.2 | 902 | 13,205 | 59.0% | 63.6% | |
| 51.81% | 83 | 1.1 | 849 | 13,933 | 47.4% | 55.6% | |
| 38.46% | 78 | 2.0 | 795 | 13,016 | 25.8% | 46.8% | |
| 67.16% | 67 | 1.0 | 735 | 13,722 | 76.9% | 61.0% | |
| 58.73% | 63 | 1.7 | 809 | 13,922 | 57.1% | 60.0% | |
| 41.94% | 62 | 2.3 | 739 | 12,492 | 46.1% | 38.9% | |
| 59.02% | 61 | 2.1 | 1,159 | 13,554 | 58.3% | 59.5% | |
| 53.45% | 58 | 3.2 | 997 | 11,685 | 44.8% | 62.1% | |
| 50.88% | 57 | 2.3 | 865 | 14,304 | 50.0% | 51.4% | |
| 50.00% | 56 | 1.4 | 866 | 13,350 | 53.6% | 46.4% | |
| 54.55% | 55 | 1.0 | 831 | 13,095 | 65.2% | 46.9% | |
| 52.83% | 53 | 1.1 | 853 | 13,418 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 52.83% | 53 | 1.8 | 865 | 13,849 | 57.9% | 50.0% | |
| 49.02% | 51 | 2.3 | 811 | 12,906 | 42.1% | 53.1% | |
| 56.86% | 51 | 1.8 | 841 | 13,183 | 58.8% | 55.9% | |
| 60.00% | 50 | 1.1 | 829 | 13,996 | 50.0% | 67.9% | |
| 58.33% | 48 | 1.5 | 890 | 15,849 | 54.5% | 59.5% | |
| 54.55% | 44 | 2.4 | 904 | 12,880 | 63.6% | 45.5% | |
| 56.82% | 44 | 1.5 | 946 | 13,249 | 60.0% | 54.2% | |
| 55.81% | 43 | 1.1 | 881 | 14,562 | 60.0% | 53.6% | |
| 44.74% | 38 | 2.4 | 913 | 12,833 | 44.4% | 45.0% | |
| 45.95% | 37 | 1.4 | 839 | 12,578 | 64.7% | 30.0% | |
| 36.11% | 36 | 2.2 | 773 | 13,416 | 30.0% | 38.5% | |
| 57.58% | 33 | 1.9 | 1,025 | 14,640 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 68.75% | 32 | 2.8 | 1,099 | 16,092 | 66.7% | 69.2% | |
| 61.29% | 31 | 1.4 | 937 | 15,559 | 55.6% | 63.6% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 3.1 | 1,089 | 14,059 | 50.0% | 47.6% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 5.3 | 989 | 12,954 | 87.5% | 45.5% | |
| 63.33% | 30 | 2.1 | 859 | 13,042 | 50.0% | 72.2% | |
| 42.86% | 28 | 5.0 | 1,019 | 13,353 | 58.3% | 31.3% | |
| 42.86% | 28 | 0.8 | 872 | 11,997 | 50.0% | 35.7% | |
| 42.31% | 26 | 2.4 | 977 | 13,710 | 33.3% | 47.1% | |
| 45.83% | 24 | 5.0 | 902 | 12,603 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 2.1 | 897 | 14,429 | 57.1% | 47.1% | |
| 73.91% | 23 | 1.2 | 855 | 15,633 | 66.7% | 76.5% | |
| 39.13% | 23 | 5.4 | 730 | 10,058 | 42.9% | 33.3% | |
| 54.55% | 22 | 1.1 | 835 | 13,212 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 4.4 | 998 | 11,592 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 47.62% | 21 | 4.9 | 1,059 | 12,278 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 4.6 | 900 | 12,868 | 42.9% | 45.5% | |
| 33.33% | 18 | 3.9 | 817 | 12,741 | 28.6% | 36.4% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 4.4 | 864 | 11,106 | 62.5% | 30.0% | |
| 44.44% | 18 | 3.4 | 819 | 12,858 | 57.1% | 36.4% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 5.0 | 1,124 | 14,195 | 20.0% | 58.3% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 3.7 | 1,049 | 12,662 | 16.7% | 45.5% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 5.0 | 842 | 9,738 | 44.4% | 75.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 1.7 | 794 | 13,358 | 28.6% | 62.5% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 2.7 | 910 | 12,737 | 62.5% | 28.6% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 4.7 | 1,037 | 15,422 | 100.0% | 58.3% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 5.3 | 884 | 11,990 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 64.29% | 14 | 5.4 | 999 | 14,068 | 66.7% | 62.5% | |
| 69.23% | 13 | 5.5 | 1,164 | 13,644 | 71.4% | 66.7% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 1.4 | 1,175 | 16,439 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 2.6 | 675 | 12,825 | 33.3% | 33.3% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.5 | 1,016 | 13,293 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 5.8 | 1,367 | 10,244 | 37.5% | 33.3% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 2.8 | 825 | 12,714 | 66.7% | 37.5% | |
| 63.64% | 11 | 5.7 | 844 | 11,983 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.5 | 790 | 14,020 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 4.6 | 842 | 12,121 | 20.0% | 80.0% | |
| 80.00% | 10 | 5.2 | 1,010 | 11,228 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 2.2 | 686 | 12,529 | 50.0% | 16.7% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.1 | 871 | 14,147 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 4.7 | 989 | 12,626 | 60.0% | 20.0% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 5.0 | 990 | 11,436 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.7 | 852 | 11,824 | 40.0% | 75.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.0 | 908 | 12,207 | 40.0% | 75.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.2 | 788 | 11,674 | 33.3% | 66.7% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 3.3 | 780 | 10,825 | 50.0% | 71.4% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 4.9 | 931 | 10,780 | 66.7% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 4.5 | 907 | 11,913 | 100.0% | 20.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.3 | 780 | 12,159 | 40.0% | 33.3% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.5 | 709 | 10,860 | 50.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 3.6 | 734 | 12,501 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 2.7 | 837 | 14,389 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 1.6 | 899 | 13,384 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 3.8 | 869 | 11,780 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 12.50% | 8 | 3.5 | 942 | 15,457 | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.1 | 869 | 13,904 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 2.9 | 765 | 12,116 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 4.6 | 907 | 11,600 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 1.1 | 878 | 12,176 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.1 | 1,081 | 13,171 | 33.3% | 25.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 2.3 | 983 | 14,274 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 4.8 | 750 | 10,555 | 0.0% | 25.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 2.1 | 900 | 12,264 | 0.0% | 20.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 4.8 | 1,353 | 11,624 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.8 | 843 | 13,014 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.9 | 1,079 | 16,562 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.1 | 842 | 10,047 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 5.5 | 1,029 | 12,059 | 66.7% | 66.7% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 4.6 | 990 | 11,090 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 818 | 8,643 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 3.8 | 898 | 15,081 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 2.0 | 1,046 | 11,009 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.1 | 1,043 | 14,727 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.2 | 669 | 11,598 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 3.5 | 614 | 13,177 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
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Briar vs Olaf - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Briar do against Olaf in League of Legends?
Olaf wins the Briar vs Olaf matchup with a 57.7% win rate compared to Briar's 42.3%, a 15.4 percentage point difference. This data is based on 26 recent ranked games in patch 26.10.
How does Briar do against Olaf in the early game?
In the early game, Olaf has the advantage against Briar with a 66.7% win rate versus 33.3%. Olaf players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Briar do against Olaf in the late game?
In the late game, Olaf takes over the Briar vs Olaf matchup with a 52.9% win rate compared to 47.1%. Olaf scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Briar vs Olaf matchup?
Olaf wins the matchup against Briar with a 57.7% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.10. The 15.4 percentage point advantage means Olaf is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 26 games analyzed.
What is the best Briar build against Olaf?
The best Briar build against Olaf includes Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King, Black Cleaver with Gluttonous Greaves. This build achieves a 25.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Briar runes against Olaf?
The best Briar runes against Olaf use the Domination primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Briar vs Olaf matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Briar counter Olaf?
No, Briar struggles against Olaf with only a 42.3% win rate. Olaf has the advantage in this matchup. Briar players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Olaf's lead.
How do I play Briar against Olaf?
When playing Briar against Olaf, play cautiously and avoid Olaf's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Olaf has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.