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How to Win Briar vs Akshan Counter MatchupBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar vs Akshan

How to Beat Akshan as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Akshan as Briar

based on 3,189 Briar vs Akshan matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. Within our dataset, Briar faced off against Akshan in 3189 games. Having so many matchups for Briar versus Akshan provides us faith in our capability to provide enlightening data and a supported build to crush your enemy. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Briar encounters Akshan in only 1.9% of their games.

Briar vs Akshan Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of countering Akshan. On average, they wins a fantastic 52.8% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Briar vs Akshan rounds, Briar’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that they probably will be able to get first blood against Akshan.

Best Briar vs Akshan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageGuardian AngelTitanic HydraSpear of Shojin

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
>
Second ability for Briar to level upq
>
Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Briar's passive ability p
Briar's q ability q
Briar's w ability w
Briar's e ability e
Briar's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Briar vs Akshan Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Akshan Image
9.7
< Kills >
8.6
8
< Deaths >
7
6.8
< Assists >
6
2.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.97
39
< Minions Killed >
164
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,224
< Physical Damage >
19,231
3,290
< Magic Damage >
3,104
951
< True Damage >
1,189
23,466
< Damage Dealt >
23,525
36,072
< Damage Taken >
22,561
12,964
< Gold Earned >
12,675
1.16
< Towers >
2.07
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
30,273
< Total Healing >
4,098
14,175
< Experience >
14,238
19
< Vision Score >
17
6
< Wards Placed >
8
253
< Time Dealing CC >
53

How to Counter Akshan with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some vital Briar versus Akshan matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Akshan..

Briar typically has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Akshan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Akshan

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Akshan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Akshan

Who is Better, Briar or Akshan?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Akshan, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Akshan.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Akshan, when facing one another, Briar also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Akshan.

Additionally, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Akshan matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Briar is a good counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Briar against Akshan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Briar

Briar Loses Against

TaricTaric46.5% winrateBardBard47.5% winrateBraumBraum47.5% winrateNilahNilah47.6% winrate

Briar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 55.4% 1623 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.7% 22802 GamesEliseElise+ 59.8% 209 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 60% 115 Games

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Akshan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akshan as Briar, we analyzed 3,189 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 Akshan as Briar 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.

Other Useful Resources

Briar Build Akshan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Briar versus Akshan build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Sundered Sky. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Akshan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Akshan with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Akshan 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 that we analyzed for Briar vs Akshan counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.

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