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How to Synergize Briar with Rek'Sai on the Same TeamBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar with Rek'Sai

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How to Synergize Briar and Rek'Sai

based on 115 Briar with Rek'Sai pairs
Win Rate
60 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Briar has gone into battle with Rek'Sai in 115 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data straight from the publishers of LoL, we are confident that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Briar play with Rek'Sai. It is very rare for Briar to play with Rek'Sai on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 0.1% of rounds with Briar.

Briar Rek'Sai Synergy Summary

Briar does a great job of synergizing with Rek'Sai. Normally, they wins a fantastic 60.0% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Briar when playing with Rek'Sai by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingMosstomper Seedling

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeHubris

Optional Items

Sundered 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
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Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
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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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Rek'Sai

Advice to Understand How Rek'Sai Will Play

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Briar Rek'Sai Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
60 %
VS
Win Rate
40 %
Rek'Sai Image
9
< Kills >
9.2
7.4
< Deaths >
7.8
6.5
< Assists >
6.8
2.07
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
80
< Minions Killed >
38
0.99
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,241
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,713
< Magic Damage >
3,253
1,014
< True Damage >
981
22,969
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
33,648
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,393
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.5
< Towers >
1.09
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
27,402
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,994
< Experience >
13,976
18
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
6
201
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Rek'Sai as Briar in LoL

The Briar Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Rek'Sai helps Briar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar tries to synergize with Rek'Sai, they sees a marginal improvement in their total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Rek'Sai helps provide protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played together with Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Rek'Sai. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Rek'Sai.

Moreover, when Briar plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, they typically receives less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Rek'Sai does a decent job of protecting Briar during team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Rek'Sai

Is Briar better when played alongside Rek'Sai?

There is no one best companion for Briar that will no matter what be their best ally. Yet, overall, Rek'Sai is a fantastic ally for Briar. By being on the same team as Briar, he raises their win rate by 8.3% to 60.0%. This proves that there is an important strategic relationship between Briar and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Briar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Rek'Sai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting alongside, Briar players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by grouping Briar and Rek'Sai together, you may not be giving your team very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Rek'Sai, we analyzed 115 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 Rek'Sai 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 in order to pair well with Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to focus on in your Briar and Rek'Sai synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 60.0% helping carry Rek'Sai with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Briar players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 60.0% winrate overall.

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