Brand vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Brand
based on 10,718 Brand vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Briar Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Briar as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Briar
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Brand vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Brand against Briar matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Briar..
Brand typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Brand or Briar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when facing off against Briar, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Brand makes an ok counter to Briar.
While Brand does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Brand into Briar.
Furthermore, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Brand is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Brand in order to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand on average gets more CS as Briar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Brand versus Briar build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Briar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 49.4% battling Briar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Briar as Brand, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Brand vs Briar counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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