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How to Win Janna vs Briar Counter MatchupJanna is in the s tier of champions

Janna vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Janna in LoLJanna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Janna

based on 4,048 Janna vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
3.17
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. Within our dataset, Janna battled Briar 4048 times. Having so many games with Janna versus Briar gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a supported build to shatter Briar. This particular champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Janna fights Briar in only 4.2% of her games.

Janna vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Janna has done a dismal job of countering Briar. On average, she wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champions battle each other in. In Janna vs Briar matches, Janna’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood against Briar.

Best Janna vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Imperial MandateRedemptionMikael's BlessingMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Janna to level upw
>
Second ability for Janna to level upe
>
Last skill for Janna to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandCelerityScorch
DominationTaste of BloodRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Janna's passive ability p
Janna's q ability q
Janna's w ability w
Janna's e ability e
Janna's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Briar as Janna

Tips for Playing as Janna against Briar

Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.

Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.

Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.

Janna vs Briar Counter Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Briar Image
1.6
< Kills >
8.5
5.2
< Deaths >
7.4
14.9
< Assists >
6.3
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.97
27
< Minions Killed >
37
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.5
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.35
994
< Physical Damage >
17,571
6,219
< Magic Damage >
3,024
466
< True Damage >
914
7,680
< Damage Dealt >
21,510
17,580
< Damage Taken >
34,809
8,325
< Gold Earned >
12,405
2.05
< Towers >
1.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
7,407
< Total Healing >
30,038
10,595
< Experience >
13,652
60
< Vision Score >
20
26
< Wards Placed >
6
184
< Time Dealing CC >
261

How to Counter Briar with Janna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Janna versus Briar matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Janna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Janna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Briar. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Janna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Briar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Janna and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Janna
Briar

Who is Better, Janna or Briar?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Janna usually loses when facing off against Briar, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Janna makes a bad counter for Briar.

While Janna does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Janna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Janna into Briaras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Janna also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Janna vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Janna is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Janna against Briar.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Janna, we analyzed 4,048 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 Briar as Janna 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 learn all of the intricacies of Janna in order to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Janna often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Briar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Janna versus Briar build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Janna used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Briar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Briar with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Briar as Janna, Janna players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Janna vs Briar face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Briar as Janna are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.