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

Briar vs Irelia

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

based on 4,376 Briar vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our database, Briar battled Irelia 4376 times. Including so many games with Briar versus Irelia provides us faith in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a supported build to defeat your foe. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Briar has to counter Irelia in only 2.6% of their rounds.

Briar vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Briar has done a good job of beating Irelia. On average, they wins a whopping 53.3% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Briar against Irelia games, Briar’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that they most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Briar vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMaw of MalmortiusOpportunityVoltaic 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
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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 Irelia as Briar

Advice to Win Against Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Briar vs Irelia Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Irelia Image
9.4
< Kills >
7.4
7.5
< Deaths >
7.3
7
< Assists >
5.2
2.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
39
< Minions Killed >
203
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.42
18,617
< Physical Damage >
16,186
3,336
< Magic Damage >
5,955
1,131
< True Damage >
784
23,085
< Damage Dealt >
22,926
35,193
< Damage Taken >
31,545
12,740
< Gold Earned >
12,811
1.13
< Towers >
2.19
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
30,241
< Total Healing >
10,543
13,956
< Experience >
14,949
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
254
< Time Dealing CC >
115

How to Counter Irelia with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Briar vs. Irelia counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Irelia..

Briar usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Irelia

Who is Better, Briar or Irelia?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Irelia, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a great counter for Irelia.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Irelia.

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

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

Briar is a great counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Irelia.

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 Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Briar, we analyzed 4,376 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 Irelia 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 Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar in order to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Briar versus Irelia build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs Irelia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 53.3% battling Irelia with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Irelia 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 rune builds players used for Briar vs Irelia face-offs, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Irelia as Briar are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.