Though Riot has yet to reveal Briar, her skills have been revealed in advance of her release.
Briar, the Vampire champion, has been a popular subject in the League of Legends community for the previous several months. Briar’s skills, however, appear to have been shared, so people won’t have to guess for much longer. We just obtained another major leak revealing her Lore and Abilities, after the release of her splash art.
According to Big Bad Bear’s statements, she is a failed experiment of the Noxian secret organization, Black Rose. She has become unmanageable as a result of the experiment and is thus imprisoned in a pillory.
The pillory both restrains her and helps her focus her attention. She explodes into a fury without the pillory and just follows her appetite for “Knowledge and Blood.” In addition to her lore, we learned a little more about her abilities. According to the sources, she will be a Fighter/Diver champion, similar to Vi, with Warwick-like skills.
League of Legends Briar leaked abilities
Passive
- Briar will not have any passive Health Regeneration.
- Briar’s attacks will apply stacking effect Bleed to enemies.
- A portion of the damage done by her Bleed will heal her.
- Healing is increased based on her Missing Health.
Q
- Briar Leaps into her enemy, Reducing their Armor and causing them to get Stunned.
W
- Briar’s W causes her to shatter her pillory and sends her into a Frenzied state.
- During Frenzy, she gains Movement Speed and Attack Speed towards pursuing enemies.
- Pressing W again in Frenzy Mode will cause her next attack to be a chomp.
E
- Briar E lets out a scream that deals damage around her and also Slows.
- The ability requires charge-up time to cast.
- While charging, she takes reduced damage and heals a portion of her Max Health.
- Fully charged E knocks back enemies and stuns them if they are knocked into a wall.
- In addition, the ability also ends her Frenzy Mode.
R
- Briar Marks the first enemy she hits.
- She then dashes into the said enemy and, upon contact, fears all enemies around her.
- While using her R, she also gains bonus Movement Speed, Magic Resistance, Armor, and Lifesteal.
It’s crucial to remember that these are leaks of her skills rather than official confirmation from Riot, thus everything is subject to change. Having said that, what has been uncovered has piqued the curiosity of the players.
Though she varies from Warwick in many aspects, such as needing to control her stances and having no health regen, players have drawn comparisons.
It’s difficult not see similarities between the two champions when it comes to generating a blood frenzy and scaring opponents.
While some are anxious to see her kit in action and play her, others aren’t so sure about her having a kit that appears to outperform Warwick’s.
Briar will most likely be released on the PBE servers on August 29th, based on all of the information and leaks we’ve gotten so far. The vampire champion will be available on the live servers with Patch 13.18, which is set to be released on September 14th, 2023.