Briar vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Briar
based on 5,640 Briar vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Briar
Advice to Win Against Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Briar vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Briar versus Pyke counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Pyke..
Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Pyke
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Who is Better, Briar or Pyke?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Pyke, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Pyke.
While Briar does have a higher win rate than Pyke, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Pyke.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Pyke 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 allied champions during team fights.
Briar is an above average counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Pyke.
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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 Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Pyke. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Briar versus Pyke build include Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs Pyke than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Pyke with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Pyke as Briar, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Briar vs Pyke counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pyke as Briar are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.