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Leona vs Briar

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How to Beat Briar as Leona

based on 6,124 Leona vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
4.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Leona engaged Briar 6124 times. Having so many games with Leona vs Briar provides us confidence in our capacity to provide informative statistics and a pro build to shatter Briar. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Leona is forced to battle against Briar in only 4.4% of her matches.

Leona vs Briar Matchup Summary

Leona does a decent job of countering Briar. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Leona versus Briar matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Briar.

Best Leona vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Unending DespairForce of NatureTrailblazerBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
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Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Briar as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Briar

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

Leona vs Briar Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Briar Image
2.2
< Kills >
8.4
6.2
< Deaths >
7.9
14.2
< Assists >
7.3
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
32
< Minions Killed >
37
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.36
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.3
2,835
< Physical Damage >
17,135
6,769
< Magic Damage >
3,283
972
< True Damage >
1,024
10,576
< Damage Dealt >
21,443
23,427
< Damage Taken >
35,208
8,647
< Gold Earned >
12,359
1.54
< Towers >
1.03
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
2,811
< Total Healing >
29,404
10,684
< Experience >
13,558
54
< Vision Score >
19
23
< Wards Placed >
6
238
< Time Dealing CC >
259

How to Counter Briar with Leona in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Leona versus Briar matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Briar. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Briar

Who is Better, Leona or Briar?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Briar, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a good counter to Briar.

While Leona does have a higher win rate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Leona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Briar.

Furthermore, Leona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Briar matchups, Leona is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Leona is a decent counter to Briar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Briar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

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Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Leona, we analyzed 6,124 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 Briar as Leona 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Briar during both the early game 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 tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Briar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Leona versus Briar build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Briar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Briar with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Briar as Leona, Leona players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Leona vs Briar counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.

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