Briar vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Briar the fighter/assassin hybrid, Locke the assassin/mage hybrid. 1,691 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Briar at a 59.3% win rate into Locke. Being 9.3 points clear of the 50% line makes Locke a favourable draw for Briar.
A missed Certain Death from Briar hands Locke the window to land Soul Ignition. The pressure spikes when Certain Death and Purgatory come online together. One spends Fury and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Shared damage type here — physical for Briar as well as Locke. Briar carries 625 base health to Locke’s 655, and 30 armour to 32. Late-game bases read 2240 health / 106 armour for Briar and 2508 / 103 for Locke.
That 59.3% rests on 1,691 recorded games from 16.13.1. Figures refresh from Emerald+ ranked play, so this Briar page follows the live meta.
FAQ
Yes — Briar holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Briar wins 59.3% of the recorded games.
59.3% from Briar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,691 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Briar build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Briar build page.