Briar, League of Legends champion
Win Rate
51.5%
Pick Rate
3.6%
Ban Rate
20.4%

Briar vs Skarner

Briar S TierFighterAssassin
Patch
26.19
Games
7,280
Lane
All Lanes
Tier
All Tiers
Last Updated
Oct 7, 2026 UTC
Methodology
Data Methodology

Briar vs Skarner is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Briar wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Skarner based on 10 games. Briar 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 Skarner 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
64.3%
VS
Skarner
35.7%
Skarner

Who wins Briar vs Skarner?

Slight Briar edgeLow confidence

Briar wins 64.3% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 45.8% and 79.3% (95% range).

Expected
55.0%
From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
Matchup effect
+9.3 pts
Observed minus expected
Sample
28 games
Lane: Jungle
vs patch 26.18
—
Not enough games on both patches

Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28

Key takeaways

  • Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 64.3% of 28 games (95% range 45.8–79.3%).
  • Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 55.0% for Briar; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
  • Briar players pick Blade of The Ruined King far more often against Skarner: 27.8% of their other Jungle games, 60.7% 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 Skarner 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 Skarner Laning Stats

BriarSkarner

Only 27 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.

Whole-game averages

1.2
CS / min
0.7
937
DMG / min
569
13,806
Gold / game
11,501
1,024
Heal / min
320
1,198
DMG Mitigated / min
2,035
1.2
CC / min
1.3

Briar vs Skarner Win Rate by Game Length

Briar's win rate against Skarner 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
3 games
Too few games
20–25 min
6 games
Too few games
25–30 min
5 games
Too few games
30–35 min
7 games
Too few games
35+ min
7 games
Briar vs Skarner95% rangeBriar usual (Jungle)

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

Briar vs Skarner 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)Insufficient data
  2. First itemInsufficient data
  3. Games under 20 minInsufficient data
  4. 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
  5. 30+ min gamesInsufficient data

What Briar Changes Against Skarner

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

  • Blade of The Ruined King
    Usually
    27.8%
    vs Skarner
    60.7%
    +32.9 pts
  • The Collector
    Usually
    58.4%
    vs Skarner
    35.7%
    −22.7 pts
  • Black Cleaver
    Usually
    34.0%
    vs Skarner
    53.6%
    +19.5 pts
  • Adaptive Force (offense)
    Adaptive Force (offense)Stat shard
    Usually
    93.2%
    vs Skarner
    82.1%
    −11.1 pts60.9% WR here
  • Tenacity and Slow Resist (defense)
    Tenacity and Slow Resist (defense)Stat shard
    Usually
    4.6%
    vs Skarner
    14.3%
    +9.7 pts
  • Gustwalker HatchlingStealth Ward
    Gustwalker Hatchling + Stealth WardStarting items
    Usually
    3.3%
    vs Skarner
    10.7%
    +7.4 pts
  • Legend: Bloodline
    Usually
    1.2%
    vs Skarner
    7.1%
    +6.0 pts
  • GhostSmite
    Ghost + SmiteSummoner spells
    Usually
    under 0.5%
    vs Skarner
    3.6%
    +3.6 pts

Best Briar Build vs Skarner

Usual Briar build (Jungle)

65.8% win rate · 79 games

Against Skarner

Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 3 of 16 Briar games against Skarner carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Briar's standard build instead.

  • 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 Skarner

Usual Briar runes (Jungle)

Press the AttackPress the Attack
Precision
TriumphLegend: HasteCoup de Grace
Inspiration
Magical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive Force (offense)Adaptive Force (flex)Health Scaling (defense)

64.4% win rate · 59 games

Against Skarner

Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.

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Briar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. 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 Skarner FAQ - Patch 26.19

Who wins Briar vs Skarner?

Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 64.3% of 28 games (95% range 45.8–79.3%).

What is Briar's win rate against Skarner?

Briar wins 64.3% of 28 Jungle games against Skarner on patch 26.19 (95% range 45.8–79.3%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 55.0% would be expected.

Does Briar counter Skarner?

Not clearly. Briar wins 64.3% of 28 games against Skarner, and the 95% range (45.8–79.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.

Who wins lane, Briar or Skarner?

There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (27) to say who wins lane.

Does Briar outscale Skarner?

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

When is Skarner strongest against Briar?

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

What should Briar build against Skarner?

There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: The Collector, Death's Dance, Blade of The Ruined King. The biggest change against Skarner: Blade of The Ruined King (27.8% usually, 60.7% here).

What runes should Briar use against Skarner?

Use Briar's usual Press the Attack page (Precision + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Skarner: Adaptive Force (offense) (93.2% usually, 82.1% here).