- Win Rate
- 52.6%
- Pick Rate
- 3.6%
- Ban Rate
- 19.7%
Briar vs Zac
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 7,293
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 23, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Briar vs Zac is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Briar wins with a 57.3% win rate (+14.6%) over Zac based on 89 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 Zac 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 Zac?
Briar wins 57.6% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 47.0% and 67.6% (95% range).
- Expected
- 52.1% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- +5.6 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 85 games Lane: Jungle
- vs patch 26.19
- +9.1 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 19
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 57.6% of 85 games (95% range 47.0–67.6%).
- Both champions' overall Jungle win rates predict 52.1% 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: 985 gold ahead of Zac at 15 minutes on average (84 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Briar players pick Endless Hunger far more often against Zac: 7.5% of their other Jungle games, 15.3% 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 Zac 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 Zac Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Briar vs Zac Win Rate by Game Length
Briar's win rate against Zac 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 Zac in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Briar vs Zac 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: +985
- First itemEvenBriar: 0.3 min · Zac: 0.2 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesEvenBriar wins 61.5% of 52 games
What Briar Changes Against Zac
Choices Briar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Jungle games.
Endless HungerItemUsually7.5%vs Zac15.3%+7.8 pts
Usually2.7%vs Zac7.1%+4.4 pts
Best Briar Build vs Zac
Usual Briar build (Jungle)
82.4% win rate · 34 games
Against Zac
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 53 Briar games against Zac 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 0.3 min (median of 44 games).
- Zac usually completes Mosstomper Seedling first, at 0.2 min (median of 48 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 Zac
Usual Briar runes (Jungle)
Hail of Blades
67.6% win rate · 34 games
Against Zac
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Briar draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
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
Hardest for Briar
Easiest for Briar
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 Zac FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Briar vs Zac?
Current data slightly favors Briar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Briar wins 57.6% of 85 games (95% range 47.0–67.6%).
What is Briar's win rate against Zac?
Briar wins 57.6% of 85 Jungle games against Zac on patch 26.20 (95% range 47.0–67.6%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 52.1% would be expected.
Does Briar counter Zac?
Not clearly. Briar wins 57.6% of 85 games against Zac, and the 95% range (47.0–67.6%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Briar or Zac?
Briar usually wins the lane: 985 gold ahead of Zac at 15 minutes on average (84 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Briar outscale Zac?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Zac strongest against Briar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Zac is ahead of Briar beyond the margin of error.
What should Briar build against Zac?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Briar's usual Jungle core: The Collector, Immortal Shieldbow, Lord Dominik's Regards. The biggest change against Zac: Endless Hunger (7.5% usually, 15.3% here).
What runes should Briar use against Zac?
Use Briar's usual Hail of Blades page (Domination + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.