She has like a 36.7% WR going for her I think rn? My impression is that she is trying to do warwick but is too squishy to do warwick, which makes her very easily duelable in the jungle with a lethality build and a healstopper (I play Poppy)
I think it’s too soon to tell? Maybe people need some time to figure out how to play her effectively? I can see her being really broken given the right buffs.
Phreak mentioned he expected her to be among the top 3 worst initial winrate releases. She needs to go in, but is also squishy and can’t dodge cc while self-taunting. The self-taunt makes it very easy to feed, and having no regen means she also gets punished easily for not going in. But she can win a lot of duels if not behind. Maybe they’ll need to buff her after all, but they did expect her to be hard to pick up at least.
I think she’s bad for a lot of the same reasons that Troll Warlord was the worst hero in Dota for a long time - your spells force you to int and remove control of your hero in crucial moments. At least Troll’s inting ult also has the tryndamere death-stalling effect - Briar just taunts herself and dies.
I think she’s basically melee Twitch. She’s awful early but snowballs like a monster if left unchecked. She has some really bad matchups and can be deceivingly difficult to play depending on team comps. She is a melee hypercarry in the same vein as say tryndamere but easier to shut down early.