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Briar vs Qiyana

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

based on 2,081 Briar vs Qiyana matchups
Win Rate
54.8 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of rated League games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Qiyana as Briar resulted from an analysis of 2081 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Briar is forced to battle against Qiyana in only 1.2% of their matches.

Briar vs Qiyana Matchup Summary

Briar does a great job of beating Qiyana. Normally, they wins a fantastic 54.8% of games the champions fight one another in. In Briar versus Qiyana games, Briar’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood against Qiyana.

Best Briar vs Qiyana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

Death's DanceTitanic HydraOpportunitySundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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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E
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Q
4
W
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W
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Briar vs Qiyana Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.8 %
VS
Win Rate
45.2 %
Qiyana Image
9.6
< Kills >
8.6
7.8
< Deaths >
7.3
6.8
< Assists >
6
2.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
36
< Minions Killed >
145
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,770
< Physical Damage >
20,372
3,269
< Magic Damage >
1,845
960
< True Damage >
964
23,000
< Damage Dealt >
23,182
36,044
< Damage Taken >
24,887
12,890
< Gold Earned >
12,300
1.15
< Towers >
1.48
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
30,481
< Total Healing >
3,466
14,054
< Experience >
14,043
19
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
7
255
< Time Dealing CC >
104

How to Counter Qiyana with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Briar vs. Qiyana matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Qiyana..

Briar usually has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Qiyana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Qiyana

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Qiyana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Qiyana

Who is Better, Briar or Qiyana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 54.8% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a great counter for Qiyana.

While Briar does have a much higher win rate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Qiyana.

Moreover, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Qiyana 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 allies during team fights.

Briar is a great counter for Qiyana. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Qiyana.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Qiyana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Qiyana as Briar, we analyzed 2,081 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 Qiyana 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 Qiyana during both the laning 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 shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually gets a lot less CS relative to Qiyana. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Briar versus Qiyana build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better countering Qiyana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 54.8% battling Qiyana with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Qiyana as Briar, Briar players 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 runes that we analyzed for Briar vs Qiyana counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.8% winrate overall.

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