Nami vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Nami
based on 4,528 Nami vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Briar
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Nami vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Nami vs. Briar counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Briar
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Who is Better, Nami or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Briar, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Nami does have a lower winrate than Briar, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nami into Briar.
Moreover, Nami also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Nami is a bad counter to Briar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nami to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami typically accumulates less CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Nami versus Briar build consist of Dream Maker, Imperial Mandate, and Dawncore. When Nami combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Briar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Briar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Briar as Nami, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nami vs Briar battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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