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Briar vs Gragas

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

based on 2,735 Briar vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each week. Within our database, Briar faced Gragas in 2735 matches. Having so many games with Briar vs Gragas gives us a lot of faith in our capability to produce useful statistics and a solid build to counter Gragas. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Briar encounters Gragas in only 1.6% of their games.

Briar vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Briar does a great job of countering Gragas. Normally, they wins a whopping 54.1% of the time the champs face one another in. In Briar against Gragas games, Briar’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that they probably will get first blood versus Gragas.

Best Briar vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusVoltaic 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
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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 Countering Gragas as Briar

Advice to Win Against Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Briar vs Gragas Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Gragas Image
9
< Kills >
6.1
7.7
< Deaths >
6.1
6.7
< Assists >
7.5
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
38
< Minions Killed >
106
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.37
17,900
< Physical Damage >
1,501
3,371
< Magic Damage >
18,439
987
< True Damage >
655
22,260
< Damage Dealt >
20,595
36,027
< Damage Taken >
29,977
12,645
< Gold Earned >
11,243
1.13
< Towers >
1.41
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
30,524
< Total Healing >
12,130
13,928
< Experience >
13,987
19
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
8
257
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Counter Gragas with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Briar against Gragas counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Gragas..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Gragas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Gragas

Who is Better, Briar or Gragas?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a great counter to Gragas.

While Briar does have a much higher winrate than Gragas, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Gragas.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Gragas 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 team members during team fights.

Briar is a great counter for Gragas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Gragas.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Briar, we analyzed 2,735 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 Gragas 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Gragas during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually racks up less CS relative to Gragas. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Briar versus Gragas build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs Gragas than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 54.1% battling Gragas with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Gragas as Briar, Briar players should take 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 we have analyed for Briar vs Gragas clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.1% winrate overall.

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