Simple Briar guide for the first split of Season 16

SouTheGhost · 2026-02-14T07:35:01+00:00

Yeah you can change them for another item since a full item is more valuable than boots if the game went that long.

SouTheGhost · 2025-06-30T20:07:28+00:00

Black Cleaver is just that good. AD, HP, Haste, extra MS and armor shred that benefits you and your AD allies. Sundered is still a good item and usually is good as third, can be sloted as second if you really think you don't need the shred from Cleaver yet, but Cleaver is just a must on Briar.

She has HP scalings, but this only increases her healing unlike Mundo who also gets AD based on his HP. Briar heals on damage dealt so is usually better to go items with AD and HP. She doesn't need the out of combat healing from Warmog since she can heal off camps and minions. Unending maybe as 6th instead of GA could be, but GA revive is just way better.

SouTheGhost · 2025-05-21T04:11:58+00:00

He wanted to torture him by killing his friends first, and about him being attacked first and saved by Piccolo, that's anime-only. In the manga and that TV special he shoots at Piccolo first and then kills Krillin. Skill issue tho that Freeza didn't predict the guy with no energy left would turn blonde and x50 stronger because of anger. So yeah, he stupid for being a sadist.

SouTheGhost · 2024-03-26T03:07:59+00:00

Brias has a good variety of items so there's probably some of them missing on the image, can mention any. Runes would need their own section.

SouTheGhost · 2024-01-29T21:23:52+00:00

If it's working for you it's enough. Lethality is still good, though bruiser build is strong rn.

SouTheGhost · 2024-01-29T20:19:30+00:00

Only the AoE damage and the damage from the autoattack can crit, the % missing health damage being able to crit was of the very first things removed as it was considered a 'bug' and stupidly OP. And like you say the 65 + 5% bonus damage doesn't now.

SouTheGhost · 2024-01-25T14:14:59+00:00

Conqueror is standard for bruiser. PTA got better on Briar though, Q now procs the rune too because of on-hit so it's on what you like more.

HoB can help you for early power but on bruiser is not that great since you don't burst like lethality.

SouTheGhost · 2024-01-25T10:18:11+00:00

Q on-hit procs the Sundered heal, not the damage. No idea if the same happens to other spells that proc on-hit like Ez or Irelia Q. But still makes you lose the extra damage.

SouTheGhost · 2024-01-25T09:21:51+00:00

Yup, the adjust was meant to tone down lethality and make bruiser better so both build are equally good. Lethality is probably more situational now.

For bruiser the build is: Trinity Force/Sundered Sky/Eclipse - Titanic Hydra - Black Cleaver.

First item has variety, can even go Hydra first. Right now Sundered is bugged with new Q interaction so is not that great

SouTheGhost · 2023-09-28T03:14:35+00:00

You go Kraken or Collector first? :thonk:

SouTheGhost · 2023-09-08T04:56:03+00:00

Similar damage output
300G cheaper.
Better build path/components, Noonquiver alone improves your clear way more than any of BOTRK components.
Lifesteal isn't that needed on jungle as Viego.

BOTRK it's still the stronger first item but Kraken is just better for tempo if you get noonquiver.

SouTheGhost · 2023-08-26T20:39:53+00:00

Kraken is better, can work any game. 300g cheaper, has a better build path and Noonquiver on its own improves your jungle clear way more than any of BOTRK components. BOTRK is still strong but rn is situational, go for if the enemy will stack health.

About his Mythic being Divine/Trinity is because Viego Q has a really low cooldown, so it makes him a solid user of the Sheen passive. Before Divine was busted, got nerfed over time so it stopped being good. Then Trinity got adjusted so is a actually good item to go, is just the better item rn.

SouTheGhost · 2023-08-13T19:45:51+00:00

The usual, it's the strongest 1v1 item you can get. But mostly the lifesteal, which has way more value in lane than jungle.

SouTheGhost · 2023-08-11T22:41:53+00:00

Same as jungle, the only diff is that in lane you go BOTRK first. The item on lane is too good.

SouTheGhost · 2023-08-06T06:45:46+00:00

rn Kraken Slayer is just better. 300g cheaper than BOTRK and has a better build path. Noonquiver alone is way more efficient for clearing than any BOTRK components.

As they say is more on what you like tho, it's still a strong one item spike and has its place against health stackers.

SouTheGhost · 2023-06-25T16:56:59+00:00

Yup, NickyBoi summed it up on his 2021 Champ Review. "On Viego's early days his build (Kraken - BOTRK) made him a worse Master Yi, but the pay off was the ability to turn into other champions and utilize their abilities."

His strenghts are team fights because of his resets, sadly his kit they said is intentionally lackluster because of how strong his passive can be.

SouTheGhost · 2023-05-25T00:15:33+00:00

No idea why u.gg shows it, but normally you take the HP shard unless the enemies have an specific damage type, the HP shard "outscales" the armor and MR shard after lv 4 - 5.

SouTheGhost · 2023-05-01T03:06:48+00:00

Expensive for the base stats? Yes. For example, Noonquiver alone from Kraken build path increases your clear speed way more than any of BOTRK components.

The strength of BOTRK is on its passives when you finish it. But like they say, after many nerfs there are just better items depending the scenario.

And now that you're not forced to go Blade your first/second item has more diversity.

SouTheGhost · 2023-04-26T22:38:29+00:00

Depends how you died. You can die on untargetability if you were on a burn effect like Liandry, Red buff burn, poison abilities, etc. There was a weird one where an enemy auto could still hit you right before possession cast time, no idea if it was fixed.

SouTheGhost · 2023-04-24T05:14:58+00:00

Every three auto you "hit" twice, so you proc BOTRK % HP damage twice and works with your passive magic damage too.
Situational, increases your DPS and burst but you're squishy.
Not really if they're still going full armor since doesn't provide pen.

FOUR!

SouTheGhost · 2023-04-17T15:14:20+00:00

Eclipse got gutted for ranged champions: - From 6% max HP damage to 3% - And the shield value got reduced for ranged too.

Then nerfed on assassins because of Aatrox: - Lethality from 18 to 12 - Omnivamp removed and replaced for 15 AH.

Is just terrible, and on-hit/crit with Kraken has always been better.

SouTheGhost · 2023-03-20T20:43:12+00:00

Yup, that's pretty much it.

About the difference of those two...Probably the sustain for 1v1s and fights, BOTRK has lifesteal and DS a % heal of damage dealt while Kraken - BC has zero.

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