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

Briar vs Tristana

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

based on 5,920 Briar vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Tristana as Briar resulted from an analysis of 5920 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Briar is forced to battle against Tristana in only 3.5% of their rounds.

Briar vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of countering Tristana. On average, they wins a fantastic 52.6% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Briar against Tristana rounds, Briar’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't get first blood versus Tristana.

Best Briar vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsDeath's DanceEclipse

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
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
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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 Tristana as Briar

Advice to Win Against Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Briar vs Tristana Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Tristana Image
8.9
< Kills >
7.7
7.7
< Deaths >
6.5
6.7
< Assists >
5.8
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
38
< Minions Killed >
164
1.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.53
18,135
< Physical Damage >
17,625
3,239
< Magic Damage >
2,279
962
< True Damage >
465
22,337
< Damage Dealt >
20,369
35,418
< Damage Taken >
22,137
12,508
< Gold Earned >
12,558
1.1
< Towers >
2.6
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
29,935
< Total Healing >
6,002
13,790
< Experience >
12,954
19
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
257
< Time Dealing CC >
65

How to Counter Tristana with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Briar vs. Tristana matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Tristana..

Briar usually has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Typically, they takes more damage than Tristana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Tristana

Who is Better, Briar or Tristana?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Tristana.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Tristana, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Tristana.

Additionally, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Tristana 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 teammates during team fights.

Briar is an above average counter to Tristana. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Tristana.

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 Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Briar, we analyzed 5,920 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 Tristana 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 Tristana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Tristana. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Briar versus Tristana build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Tristana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Tristana with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Tristana 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Briar vs Tristana counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.6% winrate overall.

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