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Briar with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Briar and Aphelios

based on 3,742 Briar with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Briar has been on the same team as Aphelios in 3742 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Briar play with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Aphelios on the same side. This has only taken place in about 2.2% of matches with Briar.

Briar Aphelios Synergy Summary

Briar does a average job of fighting on the same side as Aphelios. Usually, they wins an acceptable 50.8% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Briar when playing with Aphelios by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelDeath's DanceThe Collector

Optional Items

Sterak's GageOpportunityVoltaic CycloswordLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Briar and Aphelios

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Briar Aphelios Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Aphelios Image
9.1
< Kills >
9.2
7.8
< Deaths >
7.8
6.4
< Assists >
6.8
2.09
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
36
< Minions Killed >
38
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.3
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,067
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,167
< Magic Damage >
3,253
952
< True Damage >
981
22,187
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,544
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,581
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1
< Towers >
1.09
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
29,858
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,766
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
255
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Aphelios as Briar in LoL

The Briar Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Briar sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Briar perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar plays on the same team as Aphelios, they observes a little decrease in their total damage output. This change could signal that Aphelios does not provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played alongside Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Aphelios.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Aphelios on the same side, they on average receives a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Briar in team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Aphelios

Is Briar better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no ideal ally for Briar that will 100% of the time be their #1 ally. Yet, Aphelios is a very typical ally for Briar. By playing on the same team as Briar, he lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 50.8%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Briar and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Briar. That means Briar players should be cautious when arranging Aphelios teammates to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Briar and Aphelios together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of AP. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Aphelios, we analyzed 3,742 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Briar with Aphelios comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to synergize with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to focus on in your Briar and Aphelios synergy build include Guardian Angel, Death's Dance, and The Collector. When Briar combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Aphelios with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, 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 runes players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Briar with Aphelios cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct player tier, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every game with data with these champions.