Taric vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Taric
based on 1,747 Taric vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Briar
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Taric vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Taric in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Taric versus Briar matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Briar
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Who is Better, Taric or Briar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Briar, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a great counter to Briar.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Briar.
Moreover, Taric also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Briar matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a great counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Briar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Taric versus Briar build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Briar than with most other common builds. In fact, Taric had an average win rate of 53.5% battling Briar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Briar as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Taric vs Briar matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.5% win rate overall.
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