Alistar vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Alistar
based on 2,688 Alistar vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Briar
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Alistar vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Alistar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some critical Alistar vs. Briar counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Briar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Briar
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Who is Better, Alistar or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter for Briar.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Alistar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Briar. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Alistar versus Briar build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Briar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Briar as Alistar, Alistar players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Alistar vs Briar counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Alistar are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.