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How to Synergize Briar with Kalista on the Same TeamBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar with Kalista

How to Win With Briar and Kalista Paired TogetherBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Briar and Kalista

based on 1,506 Briar with Kalista pairs
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has fought alongside Kalista in 1506 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the developers of LoL, we feel confident that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Briar play with Kalista. It is very rare for Briar to play with Kalista on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.9% of rounds with Briar.

Briar Kalista Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Briar does a below average job of teaming up with Kalista. On average, they wins a dismal 48.1% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Briar when playing with Kalista by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Kalista Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

EclipseDeath's DanceBlack CleaverYoumuu's Ghostblade

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
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4
W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Kalista

Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play

Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.

Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.

Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.

Briar Kalista Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Kalista Image
8.5
< Kills >
9.2
7.6
< Deaths >
7.8
6.7
< Assists >
6.8
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
37
< Minions Killed >
38
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.3
< Inhibitors >
0.33
17,361
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,147
< Magic Damage >
3,253
951
< True Damage >
981
21,460
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
34,428
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,216
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.09
< Towers >
1.09
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
28,928
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,454
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
253
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Kalista as Briar in LoL

The Briar Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 Kalista. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kalista helps Briar perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar tries to synergize with Kalista, they observes a little decrease in their complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Kalista doesn't help cover for them to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played alongside Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Kalista.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Kalista on the same side, they often receives a little less damage than when they fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Briar in team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Kalista

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Kalista
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Kalista

Is Briar better when played alongside Kalista?

There is no top synergy for Briar that will always be their top synergy. Yet, overall, Kalista is a very bad teammate for Briar. By playing on the same team as Briar, she lowers their win rate by -3.6% to 48.1%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Briar and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Kalista has a much greater difficulty compared to Briar. That means you should be cautious when arranging Kalista comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working cooperatively, Briar players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Briar and Kalista together, you probably will not be providing your team enough utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Kalista Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Kalista, we analyzed 1,506 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 Kalista 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 learn all of the intricacies of Briar to pair well with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to use in your Briar and Kalista synergy build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three finished items in their build, they performed much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with many other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing alongside Kalista with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Briar players should use 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 chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kalista with Briar are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.