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Briar with Tahm Kench

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How to Synergize Briar and Tahm Kench

based on 3,998 Briar with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
54.5 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has fought alongside Tahm Kench in 3998 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Briar play with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Tahm Kench as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.4% of matches with Briar.

Briar Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Briar does a great job of synergizing with Tahm Kench. Typically, they wins a terrific 54.5% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Briar when playing alongside Tahm Kench by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageBlack CleaverDeath's Dance

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 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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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Tahm Kench

Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play

Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!

Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.

Briar Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54.5 %
VS
Win Rate
45.5 %
Tahm Kench Image
9.6
< Kills >
9.2
7.7
< Deaths >
7.8
6.7
< Assists >
6.8
2.22
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
36
< Minions Killed >
38
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,799
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,288
< Magic Damage >
3,253
977
< True Damage >
981
23,065
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,951
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,772
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.15
< Towers >
1.09
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,701
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,883
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
259
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Briar in LoL

The Briar Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, 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 Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Tahm Kench helps Briar perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, they sees a little increase in their complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Tahm Kench helps provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played together with Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Tahm Kench. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Tahm Kench on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Briar in teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Tahm Kench

Is Briar better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no top ally for Briar that will 100% of the time be their ideal ally. However, overall, Tahm Kench is a decent ally for Briar. By locking into the same side as Briar, he improves their win rate by 2.8% to 54.5%. This shows that there is a good strategic relationship between Briar and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Tahm Kench has a greater difficulty than Briar. That means Briar players need to be careful when arranging Tahm Kench comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Working on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.

Conversely, by bringing Briar and Tahm Kench together, you may not be giving your team very much AP. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Other Champion Matchups Against Briar

Briar Loses Against

TaricTaric46.5% winrateBardBard47.5% winrateBraumBraum47.5% winrateNilahNilah47.6% winrate

Briar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.8% winrate

Other Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 55.4% 1623 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.7% 22802 GamesEliseElise+ 59.8% 209 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 60% 115 Games

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 3,998 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 Tahm Kench 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.

Other Useful Resources

Briar Build Tahm Kench Build

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Briar in order to work well with Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to include in your Briar and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Tahm Kench than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 54.5% helping carry Tahm Kench with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Tahm Kench with Briar are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.