Aatrox vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Aatrox
based on 7,939 Aatrox vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Briar
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Aatrox vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Aatrox versus Briar matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Briar..
Aatrox usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Briar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Briar
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Briar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Aatrox makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Aatrox does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aatrox into Briar.
Moreover, Aatrox has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aatrox is a garbage counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically gets much more CS relative to Briar. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Aatrox versus Briar build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Aatrox combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Briar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Briar as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Briar counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.
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