Azir vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Azir
based on 2,672 Azir vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Briar
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Azir vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Azir vs. Briar counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Azir typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Briar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Briar
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Who is Better, Azir or Briar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when taking on Briar, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Azir makes an ok counter for Briar.
While Azir does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Azir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Azir into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Azir has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 in League of Legends, in Azir vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter to Briar. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Azir to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir most often gets much more CS compared to Briar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Azir versus Briar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Azir had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Briar as Azir, Azir players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Azir vs Briar counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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