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

Briar vs Nautilus

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

based on 7,003 Briar vs Nautilus matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. In our dataset, Briar faced off against Nautilus in 7003 rounds. Using so many games with Briar vs Nautilus gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful stats and a recommended build to wreck your foe. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Briar is forced to battle against Nautilus in only 4.1% of their rounds.

Briar vs Nautilus Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of beating Nautilus. Typically, they wins a acceptable 51.7% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Briar vs Nautilus games, Briar’s team is 0.2% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that they most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Nautilus.

Best Briar vs Nautilus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceEclipseEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste 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

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
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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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Briar

Advice to Win Against Nautilus

If Nautilus uses Riptide right next to you, hold in place until the ripple effect finishes before running. Running early will run straight into the secondary explosions, causing you to take additional damage and slow.

While Nautilus is shielded, he is capable of dealing large amounts of area of effect damage with his basic attacks - consider taking down the shield if you have time.

Briar vs Nautilus Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Nautilus Image
8.9
< Kills >
2.3
7.8
< Deaths >
6.6
7.4
< Assists >
13.8
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
37
< Minions Killed >
35
1.4
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.4
17,644
< Physical Damage >
2,742
3,188
< Magic Damage >
5,874
997
< True Damage >
930
21,830
< Damage Dealt >
9,546
35,190
< Damage Taken >
22,512
12,522
< Gold Earned >
8,623
1.11
< Towers >
1.51
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
29,656
< Total Healing >
2,246
13,653
< Experience >
10,630
19
< Vision Score >
51
6
< Wards Placed >
22
257
< Time Dealing CC >
488

How to Counter Nautilus with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Briar vs. Nautilus matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nautilus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nautilus. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Briar normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they takes more damage than Nautilus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Nautilus

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Nautilus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Nautilus

Who is Better, Briar or Nautilus?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Nautilus, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Nautilus.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Nautilus.

Additionally, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nautilus. This 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 Nautilus matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Briar is a decent counter for Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Nautilus.

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 Nautilus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nautilus as Briar, we analyzed 7,003 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 Nautilus 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 Nautilus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nautilus. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Nautilus build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Briar incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs Nautilus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Nautilus with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nautilus as Briar, Briar players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Briar vs Nautilus clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.

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