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

Briar vs Amumu

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

based on 4,194 Briar vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Briar did battle with Amumu 4194 times. Using so many games with Briar versus Amumu gives us confidence in our capability to produce actionable stats and a supported build to annihilate Amumu. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Briar has to counter Amumu in only 2.5% of their matches.

Briar vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of beating Amumu. Normally, they wins a acceptable 51.3% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Briar against Amumu matches, Briar’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood against Amumu.

Best Briar vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageMaw of MalmortiusEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste 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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Briar

Advice to Win Against Amumu

Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.

Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.

Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.

Briar vs Amumu Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Amumu Image
8.8
< Kills >
4.4
8
< Deaths >
6.3
7.1
< Assists >
11.3
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
1
38
< Minions Killed >
30
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
1.3
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.35
17,708
< Physical Damage >
1,524
3,386
< Magic Damage >
11,343
979
< True Damage >
2,035
22,073
< Damage Dealt >
14,903
36,066
< Damage Taken >
32,382
12,613
< Gold Earned >
10,691
1.03
< Towers >
1.08
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,178
< Total Healing >
11,523
13,918
< Experience >
12,822
19
< Vision Score >
24
6
< Wards Placed >
8
260
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Amumu with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several significant Briar versus Amumu matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Briar usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Amumu. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Amumu

Who is Better, Briar or Amumu?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter to Amumu.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Amumu, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Briar into Amumu.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Amumu matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Briar is a decent counter to Amumu. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Amumu.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Amumu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Amumu as Briar, we analyzed 4,194 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 Amumu 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar to counter Amumu during both the laning 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 displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Amumu. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Briar versus Amumu build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Amumu than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Amumu with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Amumu as Briar, Briar players 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Briar vs Amumu face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.

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