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Briar vs Warwick

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

based on 8,294 Briar vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Warwick as Briar came out of an examination of 8294 ranked matches where both champions faced one another. This particular matchup is relatively uncommon. Briar fights Warwick in only 4.9% of their rounds.

Briar vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering Warwick. Typically, they wins a acceptable 51.8% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Briar versus Warwick rounds, Briar’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, implying that they probably won't get first blood versus Warwick.

Best Briar vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsEdge of NightThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageHubrisBlack Cleaver

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Warwick as Briar

Advice to Win Against Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Briar vs Warwick Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Warwick Image
8.9
< Kills >
7.6
8
< Deaths >
7.3
7.2
< Assists >
7.4
2.05
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
37
< Minions Killed >
50
1.35
< Dragons Killed >
1.35
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.37
18,374
< Physical Damage >
7,967
3,405
< Magic Damage >
9,016
970
< True Damage >
836
22,750
< Damage Dealt >
17,819
35,401
< Damage Taken >
40,294
12,440
< Gold Earned >
11,618
1.04
< Towers >
1.3
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
29,371
< Total Healing >
21,387
13,597
< Experience >
13,197
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
255
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Counter Warwick with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here feature several significant Briar vs. Warwick counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Warwick..

Briar usually has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. Typically, they receives less damage than Warwick. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Warwick

Who is Better, Briar or Warwick?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Warwick, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Warwick.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Warwick, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Warwick.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Warwick matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Briar is a decent counter to Warwick. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Warwick.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Briar, we analyzed 8,294 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 Warwick 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

To truly master Briar to counter Warwick during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Briar versus Warwick build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Edge of Night, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better versus Warwick than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Warwick with this counter build.

To have the best chance of defeating Warwick as Briar, Briar players should use 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 players picked for Briar vs Warwick counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.

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