I swear every time I run into a Forsworn Briar it kills me in two or three hits and tends to see me even with 100 sneak and all the perks in the tree. Sure I'm only wearing legendary glass armor with a limited number of perks in the light armor tree, but I have light armor skill at 102 with my equipment's enchantments. I don't even try to fight them if they see me, I just run like hell to get away. Even with 340 HP a toe to toe fight isn't manageable because their initial barrage can instantly kill me before I can even get my inventory open to chug potions. The only way I'm willing to fight them is to sneak attack them with my daggers. They are just insanely strong for me. Is it because I'm currently at level 51 or are they this overpowered in everyone else's game?

It's just you I think, I've heard bears, sabre cats and giants, but an overpowered briar...

That's why I'm asking. Bears, Sabre Cats, and Giants aren't even a challenge anymore, but these guys are murdering me.

Their frost ability is ridiculous at every level I've encountered them. It one shots my companions and takes me just inches from it. I've only been able to cope by spamming my tier 2 destruction abilities for the stagger and that is pretty big bummer.