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Briar with Akali

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How to Synergize Briar and Akali

based on 10,280 Briar with Akali pairs
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has gone into battle with Akali in 10280 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data from the developers of LoL, we are sure that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Briar synergize with Akali. It is somewhat uncommon for Briar to play alongside Akali on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 6.1% of matches with Briar.

Briar Akali Synergy Summary

Briar does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Akali. On average, they wins an acceptable 51.5% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Briar when playing with Akali by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageEdge of NightOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
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Second ability for Briar to level upq
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Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Briar's passive ability p
Briar's q ability q
Briar's w ability w
Briar's e ability e
Briar's ultimate ability r
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W
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3
Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Akali

Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Briar Akali Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Akali Image
8.7
< Kills >
9.2
7.6
< Deaths >
7.8
7.1
< Assists >
6.8
2.02
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
36
< Minions Killed >
38
1.57
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,362
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,156
< Magic Damage >
3,253
972
< True Damage >
981
22,491
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
36,194
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,595
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.09
< Towers >
1.09
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,999
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,996
< Experience >
13,976
20
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
261
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Akali as Briar in LoL

The Briar Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Briar sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Briar perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar is paired with Akali, they gets a barely noticable drop in their complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Akali does not help cover for them to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played alongside Akali on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Akali.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Akali on the same side, they often receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Briar in teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Akali

Is Briar better when played alongside Akali?

There is no ideal synergy for Briar that will always be their ideal synergy. Yet, Akali is a very typical teammate for Briar. By locking into the same side as Briar, she decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 51.5%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Briar and Akali that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Akali has a much greater difficulty compared to Briar. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Akali comrades to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Briar and Akali together, you probably will not be giving your other allies enough crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Akali ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Akali Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Akali, we analyzed 10,280 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Briar with Akali comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Briar to synergize with Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Briar and Akali synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Briar used at least these three great items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Akali than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 51.5% helping carry Akali with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Akali with Briar are given for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu above.