The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Sett vs. Briar counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Sett normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sett usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Sett makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Sett does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Sett also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Sett into Briar.
Furthermore, Sett also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Sett vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sett is a trash counter to Briar. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Briar.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sett 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett most often gets much more CS compared to Briar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Sett versus Briar build include Gage de Sterak, Force de la trinité, and Ciel éventré. When Sett bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Briar than with most other common builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Briar as Sett, Sett players should take the Conquérant, Triomphe, Légende : alacrité, Baroud d'honneur, Second souffle, and Inébranlable runes from the Précision and Volonté rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Sett vs Briar battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Briar as Sett are shown for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.