Briar vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Briar
based on 1,158 Briar vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Briar
Advice to Win Against Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Briar vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Briar against Nidalee counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nidalee..
Briar usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes more damage than Nidalee. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Briar or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 56.9% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a fantastic counter to Nidalee.
While Briar does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Nidalee.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Nidalee matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Briar is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Nidalee during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Briar versus Nidalee build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when fighting Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 56.9% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Nidalee as Briar, you 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Briar vs Nidalee matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 56.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Briar are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.