Kennen vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Kennen
based on 1,757 Kennen vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kennen vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Kennen vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Kennen
Tips for Playing as Kennen against Briar
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Kennen vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Kennen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Kennen versus Briar matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Kennen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kennen may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Kennen often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Kennen or Briar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kennen usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Kennen makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Kennen does have a much lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Kennen also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kennen into Briar.
Furthermore, Kennen also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kennen vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kennen is a garbage counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kennen against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kennen on average gets much more CS compared to Briar. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kennen versus Briar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Kennen incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Briar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kennen boasted an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Briar as Kennen, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kennen vs Briar counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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