The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Rell against Briar matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Briar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Rell often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rell usually fairs equally well when taking on Briar, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Rell makes an ok counter to Briar.
While Rell does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Rell also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rell into Briar.
Furthermore, Rell has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rell vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Rell is a somewhat poor counter to Briar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rell against Briar.
To truly master Rell to counter Briar during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Rell versus Briar build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Briar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rell boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Briar as Rell, Rell players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rell vs Briar counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Rell are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.