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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Briar Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Kai'Sa

based on 6,909 Kai'Sa vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
43.6 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Briar as Kai'Sa came out of an analysis of 6909 ranked rounds where both champs faced off against one another. This particular pairing is fairly uncommon. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Briar in only 4.3% of her games.

Kai'Sa vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a awful job of beating Briar. Typically, she wins a lowly 43.6% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Kai'Sa versus Briar rounds, Kai'Sa’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Briar.

Best Kai'Sa vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelZhonya's HourglassRabadon's DeathcapBloodthirster

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Briar as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Briar

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Kai'Sa vs Briar Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
43.6 %
VS
Win Rate
56.4 %
Briar Image
7.9
< Kills >
9.4
6.7
< Deaths >
7.6
6.4
< Assists >
6.9
1.83
< Killing Sprees >
2.18
177
< Minions Killed >
38
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.39
12,302
< Physical Damage >
18,648
8,051
< Magic Damage >
3,179
429
< True Damage >
995
20,783
< Damage Dealt >
22,822
20,586
< Damage Taken >
35,813
12,534
< Gold Earned >
12,839
2
< Towers >
1.18
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
4,289
< Total Healing >
30,693
12,849
< Experience >
14,134
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
44
< Time Dealing CC >
258

How to Counter Briar with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Kai'Sa versus Briar matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Briar..

Kai'Sa normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Briar

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Briar?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 43.6% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Briar.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Briar, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Briar.

Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa 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 teammates during team fights.

Kai'Sa is a trash counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Briar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 6,909 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 Kai'Sa 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

Kai'Sa Build Briar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa typically gets much more CS relative to Briar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Kai'Sa versus Briar build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 43.6% when countering Briar with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Briar as Kai'Sa, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kai'Sa vs Briar LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.6% win rate overall.

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