Briar vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Briar
based on 5,085 Briar vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Briar
Advice to Win Against Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Briar vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Briar versus Nasus matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nasus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nasus. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Nasus
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Who is Better, Briar or Nasus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nasus, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Briar makes an ok counter to Nasus.
While Briar does have a higher win rate than Nasus, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Nasus.
Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Nasus matchups, Briar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Briar is a decent counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Nasus build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Nasus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Nasus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Nasus 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. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Briar vs Nasus clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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