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Briar vs Talon

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

based on 3,498 Briar vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our dataset, Briar faced off against Talon 3498 times. Using so many games with Briar vs Talon provides us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a pro build to counter your opponent. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Briar has to counter Talon in only 2.1% of their games.

Briar vs Talon Matchup Summary

Briar has done a good job of countering Talon. On average, they wins a whopping 52.6% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Briar versus Talon rounds, Briar’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, implying that they most likely will be able to get first blood against Talon.

Best Briar vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageOpportunityVoltaic 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
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Talon as Briar

Advice to Win Against Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

Briar vs Talon Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Talon Image
9.7
< Kills >
9.1
8.1
< Deaths >
7.5
6.8
< Assists >
6.4
2.21
< Killing Sprees >
2.06
39
< Minions Killed >
139
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.39
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.33
19,366
< Physical Damage >
22,448
3,360
< Magic Damage >
80
999
< True Damage >
1,256
23,726
< Damage Dealt >
23,785
36,600
< Damage Taken >
28,374
13,029
< Gold Earned >
12,860
1.07
< Towers >
1.38
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
30,851
< Total Healing >
5,997
14,284
< Experience >
14,811
20
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
7
255
< Time Dealing CC >
184

How to Counter Talon with Briar in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several important Briar vs. Talon counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Talon..

Briar typically has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Talon. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Talon

Who is Better, Briar or Talon?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a good counter to Talon.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Talon.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Talon 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Briar is an above average counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Talon.

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 Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Briar, we analyzed 3,498 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 Talon 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 Talon Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Talon during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often accumulates a lot less CS as Talon. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Briar versus Talon build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Briar combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better countering Talon than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Talon with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Talon as Briar, Briar players should equip 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 rune sets players used for Briar vs Talon counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.

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