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

Briar vs Shyvana

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

based on 2,376 Briar vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our dataset, Briar did battle with Shyvana 2376 times. Including so many games with Briar versus Shyvana provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide useful stats and a pro build to crush Shyvana. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Briar fights Shyvana in only 1.4% of their games.

Briar vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of beating Shyvana. Typically, they wins a whopping 52.3% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Briar vs Shyvana rounds, Briar’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Briar vs Shyvana 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

EclipseBlack CleaverDeath's DanceOpportunity

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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Briar

Advice to Win Against Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Briar vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Shyvana Image
9.1
< Kills >
6.3
7.4
< Deaths >
6.4
6.7
< Assists >
6.9
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
38
< Minions Killed >
67
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.44
18,516
< Physical Damage >
5,103
3,214
< Magic Damage >
14,181
931
< True Damage >
1,030
22,661
< Damage Dealt >
20,316
35,553
< Damage Taken >
33,912
12,558
< Gold Earned >
12,257
1.05
< Towers >
1.66
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
30,279
< Total Healing >
12,046
13,880
< Experience >
14,309
19
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
6
254
< Time Dealing CC >
184

How to Counter Shyvana with Briar in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several vital Briar vs. Shyvana matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Shyvana..

Briar usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Shyvana

Who is Better, Briar or Shyvana?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Shyvana, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter to Shyvana.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Shyvana.

Additionally, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Shyvana 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 teamfights.

Briar is a good counter for Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Briar against Shyvana.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Briar, we analyzed 2,376 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 Shyvana 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

To truly master Briar to counter Shyvana during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often accumulates less CS relative to Shyvana. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Briar versus Shyvana build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better against Shyvana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Shyvana with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Shyvana as Briar, Briar players should use 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 players chose for Briar vs Shyvana fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Shyvana as Briar are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.