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Ahri vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Ahri

based on 4,991 Ahri vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Briar as Ahri came out of an evaluation of 4991 ranked games where both champs clashed against each other. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Ahri has to counter Briar in only 4.5% of her games.

Ahri vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri does a pathetic job of countering Briar. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.5% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Ahri vs Briar rounds, Ahri’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Briar.

Best Ahri vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapMalignanceShadowflame

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Briar as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Briar

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Ahri vs Briar Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Briar Image
6.5
< Kills >
8.9
6
< Deaths >
7.8
7.8
< Assists >
6.4
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
2.06
163
< Minions Killed >
37
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,474
< Physical Damage >
17,616
14,868
< Magic Damage >
3,133
5,295
< True Damage >
963
21,638
< Damage Dealt >
21,713
20,755
< Damage Taken >
35,844
11,312
< Gold Earned >
12,598
1.89
< Towers >
1.1
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
4,818
< Total Healing >
30,146
14,311
< Experience >
13,917
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
6
71
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Briar with Ahri in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several critical Ahri versus Briar counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..

Ahri often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Briar

Who is Better, Ahri or Briar?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a poor counter for Briar.

While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Ahri into Briar.

Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Ahri is a garbage counter to Briar. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Briar.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Ahri, we analyzed 4,991 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Briar as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri on average picks up much more CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Ahri versus Briar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Ahri combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Briar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Ahri boasted an average win rate of 46.5% battling Briar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Briar as Ahri, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ahri vs Briar clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Ahri are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.