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Briar vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Briar

based on 1,349 Briar vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
54.9 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our dataset, Briar faced off against Kog'Maw in 1349 rounds. Including so many matchups for Briar versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a pro build to annihilate Kog'Maw. This matchup is fairly rare. Briar has to counter Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of their games.

Briar vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Briar does a great job of beating Kog'Maw. On average, they wins a whopping 54.9% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Briar against Kog'Maw games, Briar’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Kog'Maw.

Best Briar vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeMaw of MalmortiusThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBlack CleaverLord Dominik's RegardsDeath's Dance

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
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Briar

Advice to Win Against Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Briar vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.9 %
VS
Win Rate
45.1 %
Kog'Maw Image
9.9
< Kills >
7.7
8
< Deaths >
7.5
7
< Assists >
7.5
2.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
40
< Minions Killed >
164
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,017
< Physical Damage >
9,897
3,396
< Magic Damage >
13,210
1,042
< True Damage >
3,315
24,456
< Damage Dealt >
26,423
37,628
< Damage Taken >
22,712
13,253
< Gold Earned >
12,505
1.21
< Towers >
2.04
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
31,633
< Total Healing >
5,129
14,653
< Experience >
13,491
20
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
260
< Time Dealing CC >
306

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Briar in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several important Briar vs. Kog'Maw matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Kog'Maw. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Briar or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Kog'Maw, with a 54.9% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a great counter for Kog'Maw.

While Briar does have a much higher winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Kog'Maw.

Additionally, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Kog'Maw 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Briar is a great counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Kog'Maw.

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 Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Briar, we analyzed 1,349 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 Kog'Maw 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 Kog'Maw Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Briar versus Kog'Maw build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed much better against Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 54.9% battling Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Kog'Maw as Briar, Briar players 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Briar vs Kog'Maw counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.9% winrate overall.

If you want to view Briar x Kog'Maw tips and counter stats for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and strategies displayed are calculated using all rounds completed with these champs.