Graves vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Graves
based on 7,322 Graves vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Briar
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Graves vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Graves against Briar matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Graves usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Briar
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Who is Better, Graves or Briar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Briar, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Graves makes an ok counter for Briar.
While Graves does have a lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Graves also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Briar.
Additionally, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically gets a similar amount of CS as Briar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Graves versus Briar build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Graves bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Briar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Briar as Graves, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Graves vs Briar counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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