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Aphelios vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Aphelios

based on 3,718 Aphelios vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each week. In our data, Aphelios battled Briar 3718 times. With so many games with Aphelios vs Briar gives us faith in our capability to prepare informative statistics and a recommended build to counter Briar. This pairing is somewhat uncommon. Aphelios fights Briar in only 4.2% of his games.

Aphelios vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a poor job of countering Briar. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Aphelios against Briar matches, Aphelios’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood versus Briar.

Best Aphelios vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeRunaan's HurricaneLord Dominik's RegardsImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Briar as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Briar

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Aphelios vs Briar Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Briar Image
7.1
< Kills >
9.2
6.8
< Deaths >
7.7
6.2
< Assists >
6.8
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
173
< Minions Killed >
38
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.51
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.34
20,656
< Physical Damage >
18,495
1,350
< Magic Damage >
3,116
463
< True Damage >
955
22,469
< Damage Dealt >
22,567
19,513
< Damage Taken >
35,805
12,067
< Gold Earned >
12,712
2.31
< Towers >
1.11
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
5,311
< Total Healing >
30,454
12,753
< Experience >
13,978
16
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
139
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Counter Briar with Aphelios in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some valuable Aphelios versus Briar counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar..

Aphelios normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aphelios and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Briar

Who is Better, Aphelios or Briar?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Briar.

While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Aphelios has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios 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 teammates during team fights.

Aphelios is a terribly counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Briar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Aphelios, we analyzed 3,718 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 Aphelios 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 truly master Aphelios 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios often racks up much more CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Aphelios versus Briar build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Briar than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Briar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Briar as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Aphelios vs Briar battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.

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