Briar vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Briar
based on 12,302 Briar vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Briar
Advice to Win Against Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Briar vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some significant Briar versus Jax matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Briar often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives more damage than Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Jax
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Who is Better, Briar or Jax?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually fairs equally well when playing against Jax, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Briar makes an ok counter for Jax.
While Briar does have a lower winrate than Jax, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Jax.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This often 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 Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Briar is a somewhat poor counter for Jax. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Briar in order to counter Jax during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar often gets a lot less CS as Jax. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Briar versus Jax build include Titanic Hydra, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Briar incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when facing Jax than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Jax with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Jax as Briar, Briar players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Briar vs Jax clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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