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

Briar vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Briar in LoLBriar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Briar

based on 2,665 Briar vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our data, Briar faced off against Nilah 2665 times. Including so many matchups for Briar vs Nilah gives us confidence in our ability to prepare actionable data and a supported build to suppress your rival. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Briar encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of their games.

Briar vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Briar has done a dismal job of beating Nilah. Normally, they wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champs fight each other in. In Briar vs Nilah matches, Briar’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Briar vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's Ghostblade

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceEclipseSundered Sky

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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Briar vs Nilah Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Nilah Image
8.5
< Kills >
8.3
7.7
< Deaths >
6.8
7.1
< Assists >
6.3
1.95
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
36
< Minions Killed >
167
1.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,409
< Physical Damage >
18,679
3,243
< Magic Damage >
159
925
< True Damage >
429
21,578
< Damage Dealt >
19,267
34,939
< Damage Taken >
24,592
12,226
< Gold Earned >
12,766
1.01
< Towers >
2.6
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
29,410
< Total Healing >
8,796
13,602
< Experience >
13,361
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
256
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Nilah with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Briar vs. Nilah counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Briar typically has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than Nilah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Nilah

Who is Better, Briar or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Briar does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Briar into Nilah.

Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Briar is a garbage counter to Nilah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Nilah.

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Briar, we analyzed 2,665 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 Nilah 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 Nilah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often picks up a lot less CS as Nilah. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Briar versus Nilah build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Nilah than with many other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Nilah with these items in their kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Nilah as Briar, you should equip 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 Nilah face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.

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