Akshan vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Akshan
based on 3,189 Akshan vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Briar
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Akshan vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Akshan against Briar counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Akshan typically has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Typically, they takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Briar
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Who is Better, Akshan or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Briar.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akshan is a garbage counter to Briar. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often picks up much more CS as Briar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akshan versus Briar build consist of Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Briar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 47.2% battling Briar with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Briar as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Akshan vs Briar counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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