Pantheon - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
49.5%
Pick Rate
3.8%

Pantheonvs Briar

DFighterAssassin
Patch26.7
Matches949,984
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedApr 22, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology

Pantheon vs Briar is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Briar wins with a 63.6% win rate (+27.3%) over Pantheon based on 33 games. Briar holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Pantheon build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Pantheon vs Briar matchup.

Pantheon Matchup Breakdown

Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Pantheon 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.

Compare against an opponent
Briar - 36.4% win rateBriar(36.4%)
Pantheon - 36.4% win rate in this matchup
Pantheon
36.4% WR
VS
Briar vs Pantheon matchup - 63.6% win rate
Briar
63.6% WR

Who Wins the Pantheon vs Briar Matchup?

Briar wins the Pantheon vs Briar matchup
Winner
Briar
Matches: 33
36.4%
Win Rate
63.6%
1.3
CS / min
1.4
706
DMG / min
838
12,117
Gold / game
13,400
384
Heal / min
999
848
DMG Mitigated / min
1,108
0.9
CC / min
1.1
37.5%
Early Game WR
62.5%
35.3%
Late Game WR
64.7%

Pantheon vs Briar Matchup Summary

The Pantheon vs Briar matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 33 recent matches analyzed, Briar wins with a 63.6% win rate compared to Pantheon's 36.4%, giving Briar a 27.3 percentage point advantage. Briar dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Pantheon players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Briar leads by 875 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Briar has a strong advantage in this matchup. Pantheon players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Briar 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.

Pantheon vs Briar Laning Phase Breakdown

Briar wins the laning phase against Pantheon in League of Legends

Briar is favored during the laning phase against Pantheon, winning 5 out of 5 key stat categories. Briar holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.

Farming
1.3Pantheon
1.4Briar
Pantheon and Briar farm at nearly identical rates in this matchup, with only a 0.2 CS/min difference. Neither champion holds a meaningful farming advantage, so lane dominance will come from trading and jungle interaction rather than CS leads.
Damage
706Pantheon
838Briar
Briar heavily out-damages Pantheon by 132 DMG/min, dominating both short trades and all-in fights. Pantheon should avoid extended combat and instead focus on burst trade patterns — short engages followed by immediate disengagement — to avoid letting Briar's sustained damage advantage take over.
Economy
12,117Pantheon
13,400Briar
Briar generates a commanding 1,283 more gold per game than Pantheon. This substantial economic advantage means Briar consistently reaches key item breakpoints earlier, creating a compounding lead that grows throughout the game. Pantheon should focus on cost-effective item choices and avoid unnecessary deaths to prevent falling further behind.
Utility
0.9Pantheon
1.1Briar
Both Pantheon and Briar provide similar amounts of crowd control (0.1s/min difference), meaning neither has a significant advantage in locking down opponents for ganks or team fights. Lane ganks are equally effective for both sides.
Sustain
1,232Pantheon
2,107Briar
Briar vastly out-sustains Pantheon, healing and mitigating 875 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Briar can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Pantheon is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Pantheon, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Pantheon Build Against Briar

Plated Steelcaps is the optimal boots choice against Briar, providing the mobility and stats Pantheon needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Pantheon against Briar are Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and Guardian Angel. This combination gives Pantheon an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build achieves a solid 50.0% win rate across 2 games, proving it to be a reliable item path when facing Briar. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Pantheon vs Briar matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Briar
62.5%
+25.0% advantage
Pantheon early game win ratePantheon37.5%
Briar early game win rateBriar62.5%
Late Game
Briar
64.7%
+29.4% advantage
Pantheon late game win ratePantheon35.3%
Briar late game win rateBriar64.7%

Briar dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 62.5% win rate — a 25.0 percentage point lead over Pantheon. This lopsided early game means Briar can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.

Briar is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 64.7% win rate — 29.4 points above Pantheon. Extended games heavily favor Briar, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.

Briar holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Pantheon players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.

Best Pantheon Runes Against Briar

Precision rune tree - Pantheon primary runes vs BriarPrecision
Press the Attack - best Pantheon rune vs BriarTriumph - best Pantheon rune vs BriarLegend: Haste - best Pantheon rune vs BriarCoup de Grace - best Pantheon rune vs Briar
Domination rune tree - Pantheon secondary runes vs BriarDomination
Cheap Shot - best Pantheon rune vs BriarRelentless Hunter - best Pantheon rune vs Briar
40.0% WR

The Precision and Domination rune setup gives Pantheon the best tools to compete against Briar in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.


Pantheon matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Pantheon'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 Pantheon build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.

Pantheon matchup win rates and stats in League of Legends patch 26.7
Opponent
Win Rate
Matches
CS/min
DMG/min
Gold/game
Early WR
Late WR
58.41%1135.792412,05259.6%57.4%
55.45%1012.266610,63658.7%52.7%
53.26%921.56479,84044.9%62.8%
46.67%751.565210,93146.4%46.8%
41.67%721.66499,78033.3%47.6%
50.00%701.771010,58150.0%50.0%
42.42%665.690212,13554.8%31.4%
43.94%661.567111,03844.0%43.9%
49.21%635.485711,60648.0%50.0%
49.12%571.670410,80747.8%50.0%
47.37%571.570310,35343.5%50.0%
50.00%562.077811,16956.5%45.5%
44.44%541.67049,86544.4%44.4%
34.62%532.683710,60131.8%36.7%
46.15%525.11,01011,32153.9%38.5%
55.77%521.969811,14947.8%62.1%
54.90%514.575310,22557.1%52.2%
52.00%501.475410,29950.0%53.9%
44.90%493.599312,72550.0%41.4%
54.17%481.669810,33044.8%68.4%
51.06%471.463810,34740.0%59.3%
44.68%471.566710,84041.2%46.7%
44.68%473.183412,34025.0%54.8%
62.22%455.790812,11276.2%50.0%
53.33%455.283210,86654.5%52.2%
43.18%443.982311,88459.1%27.3%
60.00%404.888112,23961.1%59.1%
38.46%394.882010,68341.7%33.3%
46.15%391.464310,29858.8%36.4%
48.65%376.088310,81755.0%41.2%
48.65%371.46269,62257.9%38.9%
64.86%371.467610,13060.0%70.6%
61.11%361.571911,89541.7%70.8%
55.56%361.665210,26263.2%47.1%
44.44%361.670711,96345.5%44.0%
44.12%341.779512,15344.4%43.8%
55.88%345.890211,58850.0%62.5%
58.82%344.372411,54260.0%57.9%
48.48%334.397012,37546.1%50.0%
36.36%331.370612,11737.5%35.3%
48.48%331.273010,88063.6%40.9%
50.00%322.661910,71150.0%50.0%
50.00%321.470512,15242.9%55.6%
41.94%314.183111,03947.1%35.7%
41.94%311.163011,81343.8%40.0%
43.33%300.871911,88550.0%37.5%
60.00%304.282610,99247.6%88.9%
58.62%296.081711,36656.3%61.5%
37.93%293.690412,39630.8%43.8%
64.29%281.465611,34258.8%72.7%
28.57%281.364510,29723.1%33.3%
53.57%283.595912,66746.7%61.5%
35.71%282.879511,27236.4%35.3%
67.86%283.385212,31191.7%50.0%
71.43%285.493410,33258.8%90.9%
40.74%272.467410,07450.0%30.8%
44.44%271.378813,06550.0%42.1%
59.26%275.897813,28463.6%56.3%
34.62%265.280211,23127.3%40.0%
61.54%264.794212,05250.0%68.8%
36.00%255.580611,62935.7%36.4%
40.00%254.786012,90222.2%50.0%
44.00%255.494712,17033.3%50.0%
48.00%251.575410,78446.7%50.0%
50.00%243.688412,43360.0%42.9%
62.50%245.21,05411,77369.2%54.5%
78.26%235.387412,15066.7%85.7%
65.22%231.672910,82442.9%75.0%
52.17%233.276411,68758.3%45.5%
47.83%235.61,00812,81571.4%37.5%
43.48%234.681710,08653.9%30.0%
50.00%222.876612,87833.3%56.3%
68.18%221.373712,61257.1%73.3%
31.82%220.957610,80528.6%37.5%
68.18%225.893011,31375.0%64.3%
36.36%225.592310,31038.5%33.3%
52.38%215.386311,60366.7%46.7%
61.90%210.976913,778100.0%50.0%
50.00%204.679210,43560.0%40.0%
45.00%200.965111,60940.0%50.0%
65.00%201.669011,34970.0%60.0%
60.00%204.486912,85550.0%64.3%
45.00%204.589211,05011.1%72.7%
31.58%191.77069,04733.3%28.6%
15.79%191.567212,0110.0%21.4%
61.11%180.884112,79655.6%66.7%
44.44%183.285211,57566.7%33.3%
52.94%171.474610,74950.0%55.6%
47.06%172.174312,92850.0%45.5%
52.94%175.889610,11455.6%50.0%
41.18%170.878412,29442.9%40.0%
56.25%165.487612,95180.0%45.5%
37.50%165.675111,85937.5%37.5%
37.50%162.692111,55325.0%50.0%
43.75%165.893011,76237.5%50.0%
56.25%160.875213,67150.0%58.3%
31.25%165.496113,86360.0%18.2%
53.33%154.37499,87355.6%50.0%
53.33%153.585512,53525.0%63.6%
60.00%155.485013,56975.0%54.5%
78.57%145.699812,48260.0%88.9%
50.00%145.577810,38883.3%25.0%
64.29%141.46179,82762.5%66.7%
35.71%143.371210,50250.0%16.7%
57.14%145.21,09512,66960.0%55.6%
35.71%141.469612,14866.7%12.5%
21.43%144.459010,07320.0%22.2%
28.57%144.689713,67016.7%37.5%
38.46%131.069112,32833.3%42.9%
53.85%130.979313,16350.0%57.1%
38.46%132.26069,51333.3%50.0%
30.77%134.985912,26940.0%25.0%
53.85%134.374810,89462.5%40.0%
16.67%124.880411,72825.0%12.5%
72.73%114.379311,72562.5%100.0%
27.27%113.179212,11150.0%14.3%
54.55%110.859911,12475.0%42.9%
50.00%103.782513,04366.7%42.9%
20.00%101.86309,68616.7%25.0%
50.00%104.795512,05920.0%80.0%
60.00%105.079911,78833.3%71.4%
50.00%105.91,11013,42325.0%66.7%
40.00%106.094512,69450.0%33.3%
60.00%105.08028,26260.0%60.0%
55.56%95.079612,02866.7%50.0%
55.56%95.190910,91157.1%50.0%
44.44%95.490811,48133.3%50.0%
44.44%95.573611,74333.3%66.7%
62.50%85.291713,9590.0%71.4%
62.50%80.968612,33360.0%66.7%
50.00%85.71,06510,83950.0%50.0%
50.00%81.274513,6060.0%66.7%
62.50%82.882811,415100.0%50.0%
57.14%74.47229,13340.0%100.0%
57.14%71.388411,11425.0%100.0%
57.14%73.272611,82250.0%66.7%
85.71%72.275812,01775.0%100.0%
42.86%72.895114,45850.0%40.0%
42.86%74.391714,1130.0%50.0%
57.14%70.774613,01950.0%60.0%
42.86%71.777912,46450.0%40.0%
33.33%63.789912,43350.0%0.0%
50.00%64.477412,32650.0%50.0%
50.00%64.868312,816100.0%25.0%
50.00%60.879312,58966.7%33.3%
33.33%65.066711,57250.0%25.0%
33.33%60.975011,6580.0%50.0%
83.33%60.679613,3340.0%100.0%
100.00%52.490212,862100.0%100.0%
40.00%51.964013,3560.0%50.0%
40.00%54.171012,55766.7%0.0%
80.00%54.47578,94366.7%100.0%

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Pantheon vs Briar - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Pantheon do against Briar in League of Legends?

Briar wins the Pantheon vs Briar matchup with a 63.6% win rate compared to Pantheon's 36.4%, a 27.3 percentage point difference. This data is based on 33 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.

How does Pantheon do against Briar in the early game?

In the early game, Briar has the advantage against Pantheon with a 62.5% win rate versus 37.5%. Briar players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.

How does Pantheon do against Briar in the late game?

In the late game, Briar takes over the Pantheon vs Briar matchup with a 64.7% win rate compared to 35.3%. Briar scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Pantheon vs Briar matchup?

Briar wins the matchup against Pantheon with a 63.6% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 27.3 percentage point advantage means Briar is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 33 games analyzed.

What is the best Pantheon build against Briar?

The best Pantheon build against Briar includes Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver, Guardian Angel with Plated Steelcaps. This build achieves a 50.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.

What are the best Pantheon runes against Briar?

The best Pantheon runes against Briar use the Precision primary tree with Domination secondary. This rune setup achieves a 40.0% win rate in the Pantheon vs Briar matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Pantheon counter Briar?

No, Pantheon struggles against Briar with only a 36.4% win rate. Briar has the advantage in this matchup. Pantheon players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Briar's lead.

How do I play Pantheon against Briar?

When playing Pantheon against Briar, play cautiously and avoid Briar's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Briar has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.