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

Briar vs Thresh

How to Beat Thresh as Briar in LoLBriar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Thresh as Briar

based on 6,387 Briar vs Thresh matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Thresh as Briar resulted from an evaluation of 6387 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Briar fights Thresh in only 3.8% of their rounds.

Briar vs Thresh Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of beating Thresh. Normally, they wins a terrific 53.3% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Briar versus Thresh games, Briar’s side is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't be able to get first blood against Thresh.

Best Briar vs Thresh Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceMaw of MalmortiusLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste 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
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Briar

Advice to Win Against Thresh

Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.

Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.

Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.

Briar vs Thresh Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Thresh Image
8.8
< Kills >
2.3
7.8
< Deaths >
6.5
7.2
< Assists >
14.5
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
37
< Minions Killed >
34
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.44
17,642
< Physical Damage >
1,237
3,217
< Magic Damage >
7,332
999
< True Damage >
793
21,859
< Damage Dealt >
9,363
35,351
< Damage Taken >
22,408
12,614
< Gold Earned >
8,682
1.14
< Towers >
1.73
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
29,969
< Total Healing >
2,346
13,812
< Experience >
10,699
19
< Vision Score >
54
6
< Wards Placed >
23
259
< Time Dealing CC >
272

How to Counter Thresh with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Briar against Thresh counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Thresh. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Briar typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Thresh. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Thresh

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Thresh
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Thresh

Who is Better, Briar or Thresh?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Thresh, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a great counter for Thresh.

While Briar does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Thresh.

Additionally, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Thresh 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 team members during team fights.

Briar is a great counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Thresh.

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 Thresh Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Thresh as Briar, we analyzed 6,387 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 Thresh 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 Thresh Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Thresh. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Thresh build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs. Thresh than with many other typical builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 53.3% battling Thresh with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Thresh 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. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Briar vs Thresh counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Thresh as Briar are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.