Gragas vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Gragas
based on 2,735 Gragas vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Briar
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
Gragas vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Gragas in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Gragas versus Briar counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Gragas often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gragas and Briar
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Who is Better, Gragas or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Gragas does have a much lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Gragas into Briar.
Moreover, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Gragas is a terribly counter to Briar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gragas against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gragas in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas typically racks up more CS compared to Briar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Gragas versus Briar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Briar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gragas had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Briar as Gragas, Gragas players should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Gragas vs Briar face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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