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Briar vs Annie

How to Beat Annie as Briar in LoLBriar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Annie as Briar

based on 2,704 Briar vs Annie matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League games each week. Within our data, Briar faced Annie 2704 times. Including so many games with Briar versus Annie gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a solid build to defeat Annie. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Briar has to counter Annie in only 1.6% of their matches.

Briar vs Annie Matchup Summary

Briar has done a decent job of countering Annie. Normally, they wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Briar versus Annie games, Briar’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood versus Annie.

Best Briar vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Sterak's GageProfane HydraEclipseGuardian Angel

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
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E
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Q
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Annie as Briar

Advice to Win Against Annie

Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.

Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.

Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.

Briar vs Annie Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Annie Image
8.8
< Kills >
6.6
7.8
< Deaths >
6.6
6.4
< Assists >
8.3
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
37
< Minions Killed >
135
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.4
17,222
< Physical Damage >
882
3,048
< Magic Damage >
20,529
902
< True Damage >
1,274
21,172
< Damage Dealt >
22,686
36,110
< Damage Taken >
18,628
12,548
< Gold Earned >
10,966
1.01
< Towers >
1.72
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
30,313
< Total Healing >
1,616
13,832
< Experience >
13,715
19
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
10
259
< Time Dealing CC >
228

How to Counter Annie with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Briar versus Annie counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Annie..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Annie. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Annie

Who is Better, Briar or Annie?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Annie, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Annie.

While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Annie.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Annie matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Briar is a decent counter to Annie. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Annie.

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 Annie Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Annie as Briar, we analyzed 2,704 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 Annie 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 Annie Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often picks up a lot less CS as Annie. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Briar versus Annie build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Annie with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Annie as Briar, Briar players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Briar vs Annie face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Briar are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.