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Briar vs Diana

How to Beat Diana as Briar in LoLBriar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Diana as Briar

based on 6,852 Briar vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Diana as Briar resulted from an analysis of 6852 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular matchup is fairly uncommon. Briar encounters Diana in only 4.1% of their matches.

Briar vs Diana Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of countering Diana. Normally, they wins a fantastic 53.4% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Briar against Diana matches, Briar’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Diana.

Best Briar vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelDeath's DanceThe Collector

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHubrisTitanic HydraMaw of Malmortius

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
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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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Guide to Countering Diana as Briar

Advice to Win Against Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Briar vs Diana Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Diana Image
9.6
< Kills >
7.7
7.7
< Deaths >
7.2
7
< Assists >
6.8
2.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
40
< Minions Killed >
101
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
0.77
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.41
18,796
< Physical Damage >
2,081
3,228
< Magic Damage >
18,407
935
< True Damage >
993
22,959
< Damage Dealt >
21,482
35,749
< Damage Taken >
25,097
12,844
< Gold Earned >
12,263
1.13
< Towers >
1.64
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
30,379
< Total Healing >
5,635
14,076
< Experience >
14,221
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
7
257
< Time Dealing CC >
126

How to Counter Diana with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Briar against Diana counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Diana..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Diana

Who is Better, Briar or Diana?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Diana, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a great counter for Diana.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Diana, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Diana.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Diana matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Briar is a great counter to Diana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Diana.

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 Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Briar, we analyzed 6,852 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 Diana 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 Diana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar typically racks up less CS as Diana. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have 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 ideal items to have in your Briar versus Diana build include Guardian Angel, Death's Dance, and The Collector. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when fighting Diana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 53.4% battling Diana with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Diana as Briar, you should take 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 rune builds players chose for Briar vs Diana battles, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.

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