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How to Win Tristana vs Briar Counter MatchupTristana is in the b tier of champions

Tristana vs Briar

How to Beat Briar as Tristana in LoLTristana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Briar as Tristana

based on 5,920 Tristana vs Briar matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Briar as Tristana resulted from an analysis of 5920 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Tristana is forced to battle against Briar in only 4.6% of her rounds.

Tristana vs Briar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Tristana has done a below average job of countering Briar. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Tristana against Briar rounds, Tristana’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Briar.

Best Tristana vs Briar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Tristana Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowThe CollectorLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Tristana to level upe
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Second ability for Tristana to level upq
>
Last skill for Tristana to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Bloodline
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Tristana's passive ability p
Tristana's q ability q
Tristana's w ability w
Tristana's e ability e
Tristana's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Briar as Tristana

Tips for Playing as Tristana against Briar

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Tristana vs Briar Counter Stats

Tristana Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Briar Image
7.7
< Kills >
8.9
6.5
< Deaths >
7.7
5.8
< Assists >
6.7
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
2.06
164
< Minions Killed >
38
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.41
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.33
17,625
< Physical Damage >
18,135
2,279
< Magic Damage >
3,239
465
< True Damage >
962
20,369
< Damage Dealt >
22,337
22,137
< Damage Taken >
35,418
12,558
< Gold Earned >
12,508
2.6
< Towers >
1.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
6,002
< Total Healing >
29,935
12,954
< Experience >
13,790
18
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
6
65
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Counter Briar with Tristana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Tristana vs. Briar matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Tristana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tristana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Briar..

Tristana usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Tristana and Briar

Damage Types Compared

Tristana
Briar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Tristana
Briar

Who is Better, Tristana or Briar?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tristana usually loses when facing off against Briar, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Tristana makes a bad counter to Briar.

While Tristana does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Tristana also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Tristana into Briar.

Furthermore, Tristana also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Tristana 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 teammates during teamfights.

Tristana is a garbage counter to Briar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Tristana against Briar.

Additional Information for Tristana Players

How We Calculated Our Tristana vs Briar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Briar as Tristana, we analyzed 5,920 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Briar as Tristana comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Tristana in order to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Tristana on average accumulates much more CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Tristana versus Briar build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Tristana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Briar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Tristana had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Briar with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Briar as Tristana, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Bloodline, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Tristana vs Briar LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.

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