Briar vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Briar
based on 533 Briar vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Briar
Advice to Win Against Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Briar vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Briar vs. Skarner counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Briar usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives more damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Skarner
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Who is Better, Briar or Skarner?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Skarner, with a 56.8% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a fantastic counter for Skarner.
While Briar does have a much higher winrate compared to Skarner, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Skarner.
Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Skarner 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 for Skarner. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Skarner.
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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 Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Briar versus Skarner build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better versus Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 56.8% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Skarner as Briar, Briar players 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 rune combinations players used for Briar vs Skarner battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 56.8% winrate overall.
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