Briar vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Briar
based on 2,672 Briar vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Briar
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Briar vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Briar against Azir counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Briar normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Azir
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Who is Better, Briar or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually fairs equally well when taking on Azir, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Briar makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Azir.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Azir matchups, Briar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Briar is a decent counter to Azir. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Briar in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Azir. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Briar versus Azir build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Azir than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Azir with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Azir as Briar, Briar players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Briar vs Azir battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Briar are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.