Lissandra vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Lissandra
based on 1,962 Lissandra vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Briar
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Lissandra vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Lissandra versus Briar counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Lissandra typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Briar
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Briar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes a poor counter for Briar.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate than Briar, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lissandra into Briar.
Additionally, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a bad counter to Briar. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra often racks up much more CS as Briar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Lissandra versus Briar build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Briar than with many other common builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Briar as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Lissandra vs Briar fights, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.
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