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Briar vs Naafiri

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

based on 2,404 Briar vs Naafiri matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Naafiri as Briar resulted from an analysis of 2404 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Briar has to counter Naafiri in only 1.4% of their games.

Briar vs Naafiri Matchup Summary

Briar has done a great job of countering Naafiri. On average, they wins a whopping 54.2% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Briar versus Naafiri games, Briar’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood against Naafiri.

Best Briar vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelDeath's DanceThe Collector

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsSterak's GageBlack CleaverProfane Hydra

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 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
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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Briar vs Naafiri Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Naafiri Image
10
< Kills >
8.5
7.8
< Deaths >
7.3
6.9
< Assists >
6.3
2.31
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
37
< Minions Killed >
150
1.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.34
19,788
< Physical Damage >
22,624
3,384
< Magic Damage >
100
1,015
< True Damage >
1,288
24,189
< Damage Dealt >
24,013
36,439
< Damage Taken >
26,645
13,030
< Gold Earned >
12,605
1.09
< Towers >
1.46
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
30,858
< Total Healing >
6,260
14,088
< Experience >
14,118
19
< Vision Score >
17
6
< Wards Placed >
8
272
< Time Dealing CC >
59

How to Counter Naafiri with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several influential Briar vs. Naafiri counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Naafiri..

Briar normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Naafiri

Who is Better, Briar or Naafiri?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Naafiri, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter for Naafiri.

While Briar does have a much higher win rate compared to Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Naafiri.

Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Naafiri matchups, Briar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Briar is a great counter for Naafiri. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Naafiri.

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 Naafiri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Naafiri as Briar, we analyzed 2,404 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 Naafiri 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 to counter Naafiri during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Briar versus Naafiri build consist of Guardian Angel, Death's Dance, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed much better versus Naafiri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 54.2% battling Naafiri with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Naafiri as Briar, Briar players should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Briar vs Naafiri fights, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.2% win rate overall.

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