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

Briar vs Kayn

How to Beat Kayn as Briar in LoLBriar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Kayn as Briar

based on 8,337 Briar vs Kayn matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our dataset, Briar faced off against Kayn 8337 times. Including so many games with Briar vs Kayn gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a supported build to suppress your enemy. This counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Briar encounters Kayn in only 4.9% of their matches.

Briar vs Kayn Matchup Summary

Briar has done a good job of countering Kayn. Typically, they wins a fantastic 52.5% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Briar vs Kayn rounds, Briar’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood. This implies that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Kayn.

Best Briar vs Kayn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageHubrisThe Collector

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 ForceArmor
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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Guide to Countering Kayn as Briar

Advice to Win Against Kayn

When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.

Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.

Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.

Briar vs Kayn Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Kayn Image
9.4
< Kills >
7.3
7.9
< Deaths >
7
6.9
< Assists >
7.6
2.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
38
< Minions Killed >
36
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
1.37
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.33
19,278
< Physical Damage >
17,731
3,204
< Magic Damage >
1,232
1,030
< True Damage >
878
23,513
< Damage Dealt >
19,841
36,735
< Damage Taken >
38,330
12,782
< Gold Earned >
12,254
1.08
< Towers >
1.06
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
30,826
< Total Healing >
18,442
14,035
< Experience >
14,084
20
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
6
256
< Time Dealing CC >
287

How to Counter Kayn with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several vital Briar versus Kayn matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayn..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Kayn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Kayn

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Kayn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Kayn

Who is Better, Briar or Kayn?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Kayn, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Kayn.

While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Kayn.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Kayn 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Briar is a good counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Kayn.

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 Kayn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kayn as Briar, we analyzed 8,337 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 Kayn 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Kayn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Kayn. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Briar versus Kayn build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Kayn than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 52.5% battling Kayn with these items in their kit.

To have the highest chance of beating Kayn as Briar, you 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 rune combinations players chose for Briar vs Kayn clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Briar vs Kayn tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every game played with these champs.