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

Briar vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Briar in LoLBriar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Briar

based on 4,514 Briar vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our data, Briar faced Bard 4514 times. Using so many games with Briar versus Bard provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide useful data and a supported build to suppress Bard. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Briar encounters Bard in only 2.7% of their matches.

Briar vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Briar has done a poor job of countering Bard. On average, they wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Briar against Bard matches, Briar’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Bard.

Best Briar vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

Sterak's GageMaw of MalmortiusDeath's DanceExperimental Hexplate

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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R
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Guide to Countering Bard as Briar

Advice to Win Against Bard

You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.

Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.

Briar vs Bard Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Bard Image
8.7
< Kills >
2.9
8.1
< Deaths >
5.4
6.7
< Assists >
14.8
2.01
< Killing Sprees >
0.63
38
< Minions Killed >
30
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,428
< Physical Damage >
3,004
3,267
< Magic Damage >
8,108
1,031
< True Damage >
1,069
22,726
< Damage Dealt >
12,181
36,103
< Damage Taken >
22,072
12,572
< Gold Earned >
9,192
1.02
< Towers >
1.77
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
30,360
< Total Healing >
6,643
13,915
< Experience >
11,761
19
< Vision Score >
61
6
< Wards Placed >
26
259
< Time Dealing CC >
506

How to Counter Bard with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Briar against Bard matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is largely a result of the differences in killsdeaths.

Briar often has a much larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Typically, they takes more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Bard

Who is Better, Briar or Bard?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually loses when trying to fight Bard, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a poor counter for Bard.

While Briar does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Briar into Bard.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Briar is a terribly counter to Bard. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Bard.

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 Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Briar, we analyzed 4,514 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 Bard 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Briar versus Bard build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better countering Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Bard with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Bard as Briar, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Briar vs Bard counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Briar are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.