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Briar with Alistar

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How to Synergize Briar and Alistar

based on 2,573 Briar with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has fought alongside Alistar in 2573 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much great data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Briar synergize with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Alistar on the same side. This pairing has only happened in about 1.5% of matches with Briar.

Briar Alistar Synergy Summary

Briar has done a decent job of synergizing with Alistar. On average, they wins an acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Briar when fighting on the same team as Alistar by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageSundered SkyThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Alistar

Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play

Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

Briar Alistar Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Alistar Image
9.3
< Kills >
9.2
7.4
< Deaths >
7.8
6.5
< Assists >
6.8
2.16
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
37
< Minions Killed >
38
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,377
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,235
< Magic Damage >
3,253
954
< True Damage >
981
22,567
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
34,970
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,551
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.17
< Towers >
1.09
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
29,454
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,553
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
256
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Alistar as Briar in LoL

The Briar Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, 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 Alistar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Alistar helps Briar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar tries to synergize with Alistar, they observes a little drop in their full damage output. This change could signal that Alistar does not help cover for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Alistar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Alistar.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Alistar on the same team, they typically takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Briar during teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Alistar

Is Briar better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no perfect synergy for Briar that will 100% of the time be their best ally. However, Alistar is a very typical teammate for Briar. By locking into the same team as Briar, he lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 51.0%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Briar and Alistar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Alistar has a much greater difficulty compared to Briar. That means you must be very careful when arranging Alistar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by grouping Briar and Alistar together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Alistar ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Alistar, we analyzed 2,573 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 Alistar 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to pair well with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to build first in your Briar and Alistar synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Death's Dance. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting alongside Alistar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing alongside Alistar with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Briar and Alistar pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.

If you want to see Briar and Alistar collaboration tips and builds for a a specific division, please select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using every game finished with these champions.