Bard vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Bard
based on 4,514 Bard vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Briar Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Briar as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Briar
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Bard vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Bard versus Briar matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Briar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Briar
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Who is Better, Bard or Briar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Briar, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter for Briar.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Briaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Briar matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Bard is a good counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Briar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Bard versus Briar build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Briar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Briar as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Bard vs Briar counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Briar as Bard are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.