Naafiri vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Naafiri
based on 2,404 Naafiri vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Briar
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Naafiri vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Naafiri against Briar matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Naafiri typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Briar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 45.8% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Naafiri does have a much lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Naafiri into Briar.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, 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 in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Naafiri is a garbage counter to Briar. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri often racks up much more CS as Briar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Briar build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs Briar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 45.8% battling Briar with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Briar as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Naafiri vs Briar LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.
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