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

Briar vs Pantheon

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

based on 7,724 Briar vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Pantheon as Briar came out of an analysis of 7724 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This matchup is fairly uncommon. Briar fights Pantheon in only 4.6% of their rounds.

Briar vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering Pantheon. On average, they wins a acceptable 51.6% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Briar vs Pantheon rounds, Briar’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This implies that they most likely won't get first blood versus Pantheon.

Best Briar vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSerylda's GrudgeJak'Sho, The ProteanVoltaic Cyclosword

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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Q
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Briar

Advice to Win Against Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Briar vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Pantheon Image
9.4
< Kills >
7.9
8.2
< Deaths >
7.2
7.1
< Assists >
7.7
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.82
39
< Minions Killed >
106
1.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.25
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.4
18,583
< Physical Damage >
20,411
3,354
< Magic Damage >
786
964
< True Damage >
1,285
22,902
< Damage Dealt >
22,482
36,809
< Damage Taken >
27,073
12,873
< Gold Earned >
11,524
1.08
< Towers >
1.61
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
30,393
< Total Healing >
5,239
14,065
< Experience >
13,241
19
< Vision Score >
29
6
< Wards Placed >
13
257
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Pantheon with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Briar versus Pantheon matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between these two champions. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..

Briar normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Pantheon. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Pantheon

Who is Better, Briar or Pantheon?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Pantheon, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Pantheon.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Pantheon.

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

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

Briar is a decent counter for Pantheon. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Briar against Pantheon.

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 Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Briar, we analyzed 7,724 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 Pantheon 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 Pantheon Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often picks up less CS as Pantheon. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well 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 situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Pantheon build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Death's Dance. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs. Pantheon than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 51.6% battling Pantheon with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Pantheon as Briar, you should take 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 Pantheon counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Briar are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.