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Briar with Annie

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How to Synergize Briar and Annie

based on 2,872 Briar with Annie pairs
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has gone into battle with Annie in 2872 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Briar play with Annie. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Annie as allies. This has only taken place in about 1.7% of games with Briar.

Briar Annie Synergy Summary

Briar does a good job of fighting on the same side as Annie. Typically, they wins a fantastic 52.2% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Briar when fighting on the same team as Annie by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's Ghostblade

Optional Items

Sterak's GageDeath's DanceOpportunityBlack Cleaver

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
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Annie

Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Briar Annie Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Annie Image
9.5
< Kills >
9.2
7.8
< Deaths >
7.8
6.7
< Assists >
6.8
2.18
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
37
< Minions Killed >
38
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.33
19,044
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,173
< Magic Damage >
3,253
978
< True Damage >
981
23,196
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
36,141
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,888
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.14
< Towers >
1.09
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,808
< Total Healing >
30,392
14,112
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
258
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Annie as Briar in LoL

The Briar Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Annie helps Briar perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar plays on the same team as Annie, they sees a little increase in their complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Annie helps provide protection for them to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played together with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Annie.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Annie on the same side, they usually takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Annie does a poor job of protecting Briar during team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Annie

Is Briar better when played alongside Annie?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Briar that will no matter what be their top teammate. Yet, Annie is a very typical teammate for Briar. By playing on the same team as Briar, she increases their win rate by 0.5% to 52.2%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Briar and Annie that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Annie has a greater difficulty than Briar. That means Briar players must be cautious when finding Annie comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting alongside, Briar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by pairing Briar and Annie together, you will not be granting your side very much engage potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Annie teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Annie Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Annie, we analyzed 2,872 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 Annie 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 truly master Briar to pair well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to get in your Briar and Annie synergy build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better when fighting alongside Annie than with many other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.2% helping carry Annie with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.

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