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How to Win Orianna vs Briar Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Orianna

based on 2,286 Orianna vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
4.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Briar as Orianna came out of an analysis of 2286 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Orianna encounters Briar in only 4.3% of her matches.

Orianna vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna has done a terrible job of countering Briar. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.7% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Orianna against Briar games, Orianna’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Briar.

Best Orianna vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Briar as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Briar

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

Orianna vs Briar Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Briar Image
5.4
< Kills >
9
6.1
< Deaths >
7.6
9.3
< Assists >
6.5
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
2.08
165
< Minions Killed >
37
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.48
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.34
987
< Physical Damage >
17,992
18,853
< Magic Damage >
3,080
327
< True Damage >
931
20,167
< Damage Dealt >
22,004
19,348
< Damage Taken >
35,817
11,086
< Gold Earned >
12,612
2.01
< Towers >
1.09
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
1,804
< Total Healing >
30,591
14,200
< Experience >
13,867
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
6
337
< Time Dealing CC >
258

How to Counter Briar with Orianna in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some significant Orianna vs. Briar matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Briar..

Orianna usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Briar

Who is Better, Orianna or Briar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a bad counter for Briar.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Orianna into Briaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna also has some 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 allies during team fights.

Orianna is a trash counter for Briar. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Briar.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Orianna, we analyzed 2,286 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 Orianna 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Briar during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna often gets much more CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Orianna versus Briar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Briar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 46.7% when playing against Briar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Briar as Orianna, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Orianna vs Briar counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.

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