Briar vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Briar
based on 7,939 Briar vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Briar
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Briar vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Briar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Briar against Aatrox counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Aatrox..
Briar often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Briar or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Aatrox.
While Briar does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Aatrox.
Additionally, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Aatrox matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Briar is a decent counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Briar versus Aatrox build consist of Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs Aatrox than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Aatrox with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Aatrox as Briar, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Briar vs Aatrox clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aatrox as Briar are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.