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

Briar vs Orianna

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

based on 2,286 Briar vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Briar did battle with Orianna 2286 times. Having so many games with Briar vs Orianna provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare useful stats and a recommended build to crush Orianna. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Briar encounters Orianna in only 1.4% of their matches.

Briar vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of beating Orianna. Typically, they wins a terrific 53.3% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Briar vs Orianna matches, Briar’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that they probably will get first blood against Orianna.

Best Briar vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

OpportunityVoltaic CycloswordEclipseSundered 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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Guide to Countering Orianna as Briar

Advice to Win Against Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Briar vs Orianna Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Orianna Image
9
< Kills >
5.4
7.6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.5
< Assists >
9.3
2.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
37
< Minions Killed >
165
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,992
< Physical Damage >
987
3,080
< Magic Damage >
18,853
931
< True Damage >
327
22,004
< Damage Dealt >
20,167
35,817
< Damage Taken >
19,348
12,612
< Gold Earned >
11,086
1.09
< Towers >
2.01
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
30,591
< Total Healing >
1,804
13,867
< Experience >
14,200
20
< Vision Score >
20
6
< Wards Placed >
10
258
< Time Dealing CC >
337

How to Counter Orianna with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Briar versus Orianna matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Orianna. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Briar typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Orianna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Orianna

Who is Better, Briar or Orianna?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Orianna, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a great counter to Orianna.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Orianna, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Orianna.

Moreover, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Orianna 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 Orianna. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Orianna.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Briar, we analyzed 2,286 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 Orianna 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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

Briar typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Orianna. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Briar versus Orianna build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better versus Orianna than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 53.3% battling Orianna with this build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Orianna 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Briar vs Orianna counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.

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