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How to Win Briar vs Ahri Counter MatchupBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Briar

based on 4,991 Briar vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
1.96
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games every week. Within our database, Briar faced off against Ahri 4991 times. Using so many games with Briar vs Ahri provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to shatter Ahri. This matchup is fairly rare. Briar encounters Ahri in only 3.0% of their rounds.

Briar vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of countering Ahri. On average, they wins a fantastic 53.5% of the time the champs face each other in. In Briar against Ahri matches, Briar’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that they probably will get first blood against Ahri.

Best Briar vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsOpportunityVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste 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
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Briar

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Briar vs Ahri Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
Ahri Image
8.9
< Kills >
6.5
7.8
< Deaths >
6
6.4
< Assists >
7.8
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
37
< Minions Killed >
163
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.43
17,616
< Physical Damage >
1,474
3,133
< Magic Damage >
14,868
963
< True Damage >
5,295
21,713
< Damage Dealt >
21,638
35,844
< Damage Taken >
20,755
12,598
< Gold Earned >
11,312
1.1
< Towers >
1.89
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
30,146
< Total Healing >
4,818
13,917
< Experience >
14,311
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
9
256
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Ahri with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Briar versus Ahri counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Ahri..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they receives more damage than Ahri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Ahri

Who is Better, Briar or Ahri?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Ahri, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter to Ahri.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Ahri, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Ahri.

Moreover, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Ahri matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Briar is a great counter for Ahri. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Briar

Briar Loses Against

TaricTaric46.5% winrateBardBard47.5% winrateBraumBraum47.5% winrateNilahNilah47.6% winrate

Briar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 55.4% 1623 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.7% 22802 GamesEliseElise+ 59.8% 209 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 60% 115 Games

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Briar, we analyzed 4,991 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 Ahri as Briar 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

Briar Build Ahri Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Ahri. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Briar versus Ahri build include Sterak's Gage, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed much better countering Ahri than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when playing against Ahri with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Ahri as Briar, you 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 chose for Briar vs Ahri face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Briar are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.