Riot releases emergency Briar buffs with League of Legends hotfix
As much as I hate to say it, Briar is struggling in League of Legends. Enchanting players across the Rift with her adorable (if not vaguely terrifying) personality, the MOBA‘s newest bloodsucker has failed to make a dent post-release, leading to a quick hotfix that League of Legends lead champion designer August ‘August’ Browning claims should “give her a bit more resilience.”
League’s newest jungler has debuted with a pretty abysmal 30% win rate in both the jungle and the top lane, leaving her second only to LoL’s resident Magical Cat, Yuumi, when it comes to disappointing release stats.
As a result, August confirms that a hotfix has gone through for The Restrained Hunger, aimed primarily at giving her a bit more tankiness as players get used to her Head Rush (Q) and Certain Death ® dashes – after all, if you haven’t had a Briar rush under tower and die in the last 24 hours, have you even been playing League?
“A hotfix buff for Briar is now live that gives her a bit more resilience when things go wrong,” August writes in a Thursday September 14 tweet. “We’re being careful here as we expect she’ll get stronger as players learn the in(t)s and outs of her kit.”
The buffs are relatively small, but still impactful. Her HP has been pushed up to 610 from 590, and damage reduction on her Chilling Scream (E) has been upped to 40% and its cooldown decreased to 16s.
The former will give her a bit more survivability if she’s ganking under tower, which is the main issue we’re seeing at the moment. Hopefully this helps boosts her win rate up a little – she’s now currently sitting at 35.21% in jungle and 32.62% in the top lane, so the changes do appear to have had some impact already.
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