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

Briar vs Lee Sin

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

based on 4,826 Briar vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
54.7 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our data, Briar engaged Lee Sin 4826 times. Using so many games with Briar versus Lee Sin provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce actionable stats and a pro build to suppress Lee Sin. This matchup is somewhat rare. Briar encounters Lee Sin in only 2.9% of their matches.

Briar vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Briar has done a great job of countering Lee Sin. Normally, they wins a whopping 54.7% of games the champions fight each other in. In Briar versus Lee Sin rounds, Briar’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Briar vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSundered SkyThe Collector

Optional Items

HubrisSterak's GageEdge of NightProfane Hydra

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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Briar

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Briar vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.7 %
VS
Win Rate
45.3 %
Lee Sin Image
9.2
< Kills >
7.3
7.7
< Deaths >
6.6
6.8
< Assists >
8.7
2.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
38
< Minions Killed >
34
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
1.43
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.39
18,862
< Physical Damage >
13,805
3,245
< Magic Damage >
2,753
1,017
< True Damage >
975
23,125
< Damage Dealt >
17,535
35,682
< Damage Taken >
36,019
12,769
< Gold Earned >
11,845
1.16
< Towers >
1.32
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,474
< Total Healing >
16,481
13,949
< Experience >
13,301
20
< Vision Score >
25
6
< Wards Placed >
11
257
< Time Dealing CC >
430

How to Counter Lee Sin with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some vital Briar versus Lee Sin matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Lee Sin..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Lee Sin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Briar or Lee Sin?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Lee Sin, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter to Lee Sin.

While Briar does have a much higher win rate compared to Lee Sin, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Lee Sin.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Lee Sin matchups, Briar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Briar is a great counter for Lee Sin. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Briar, we analyzed 4,826 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 Lee Sin 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

If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Lee Sin during both the laning 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 here, 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 relative to Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Briar versus Lee Sin build consist of Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Lee Sin than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 54.7% battling Lee Sin with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Lee Sin as Briar, you should use 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 runes players picked for Briar vs Lee Sin matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.7% win rate overall.

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