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

Briar vs Wukong

How to Beat Wukong as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Wukong as Briar

based on 1,897 Briar vs Wukong matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our dataset, Briar fought Wukong in 1897 matches. Having so many matchups for Briar versus Wukong provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening stats and a solid build to crush Wukong. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Briar is forced to battle against Wukong in only 1.1% of their rounds.

Briar vs Wukong Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering Wukong. On average, they wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Briar vs Wukong matches, Briar’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood against Wukong.

Best Briar vs Wukong Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Death's DanceProfane HydraOpportunityBlack Cleaver

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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Briar

Advice to Win Against Wukong

Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.

Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.

Briar vs Wukong Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Wukong Image
8.8
< Kills >
6.8
7.8
< Deaths >
6
6.6
< Assists >
7.2
1.99
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
40
< Minions Killed >
84
1.44
< Dragons Killed >
0.9
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.45
17,661
< Physical Damage >
15,053
3,367
< Magic Damage >
2,324
957
< True Damage >
942
21,986
< Damage Dealt >
18,320
35,643
< Damage Taken >
31,080
12,609
< Gold Earned >
11,862
1.09
< Towers >
1.86
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
30,216
< Total Healing >
10,277
13,921
< Experience >
13,970
19
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
7
261
< Time Dealing CC >
134

How to Counter Wukong with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some strategic Briar against Wukong matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Wukong’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Wukong..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Wukong. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Wukong

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Wukong
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Wukong

Who is Better, Briar or Wukong?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Wukong, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a good counter to Wukong.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Wukong, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Wukong.

Moreover, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This 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 in League of Legends, in Briar vs Wukong matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Briar is a decent counter for Wukong. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Wukong.

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 Wukong Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Wukong as Briar, we analyzed 1,897 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 Wukong 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

If you would like to truly master Briar in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar on average gets less CS as Wukong. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The best items to have in your Briar versus Wukong build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better vs Wukong than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 51.4% battling Wukong with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Wukong as Briar, you should use 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 runes players picked for Briar vs Wukong fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.

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