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Briar vs Lucian

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

based on 9,673 Briar vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
5.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our database, Briar did battle with Lucian 9673 times. Including so many matchups for Briar versus Lucian gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce useful stats and a recommended build to smash your enemy. This particular champ pairing is somewhat uncommon. Briar is forced to battle against Lucian in only 5.7% of their rounds.

Briar vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering Lucian. Typically, they wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions face one another in. In Briar vs Lucian games, Briar’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Lucian.

Best Briar vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSundered SkyThe Collector

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHubrisOpportunityVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
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Second ability for Briar to level upq
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Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
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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Guide to Countering Lucian as Briar

Advice to Win Against Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Briar vs Lucian Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Lucian Image
9.2
< Kills >
8
7.9
< Deaths >
6.7
6.7
< Assists >
6.8
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
38
< Minions Killed >
181
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.48
18,587
< Physical Damage >
19,066
3,166
< Magic Damage >
2,557
964
< True Damage >
540
22,718
< Damage Dealt >
22,163
35,712
< Damage Taken >
21,667
12,778
< Gold Earned >
12,530
1.09
< Towers >
2.27
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
30,173
< Total Healing >
4,946
14,012
< Experience >
12,855
20
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
256
< Time Dealing CC >
40

How to Counter Lucian with Briar in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Briar against Lucian counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Lucian..

Briar normally has a similar longest kill spree as their foe does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Lucian

Who is Better, Briar or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Lucian, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter to Lucian.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Lucian.

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

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Lucian matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Briar is a decent counter to Lucian. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Lucian.

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 Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Briar, we analyzed 9,673 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 Lucian 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 Lucian Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to 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 accumulates a lot less CS as Lucian. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Briar versus Lucian build include Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they did much better countering Lucian than with most other typical builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Lucian with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Lucian as Briar, you 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 runes we have analyed for Briar vs Lucian LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Briar are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.