Briar vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Briar
based on 17,253 Briar vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Briar
Advice to Win Against Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Briar vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Briar in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Briar against Lux matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Lux. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Briar normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Lux
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Who is Better, Briar or Lux?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Lux, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Lux.
While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Lux.
Additionally, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Lux 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 team members during teamfights.
Briar is a good counter for Lux. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar most often picks up less CS relative to Lux. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Briar versus Lux build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Lux than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Lux as Briar, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Briar vs Lux counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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