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How to Win Briar vs Karma Counter MatchupBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Briar

based on 4,459 Briar vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our data, Briar engaged Karma in 4459 games. Including so many matchups for Briar vs Karma gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide actionable data and a recommended build to shatter your opposition. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Briar is forced to battle against Karma in only 2.6% of their games.

Briar vs Karma Matchup Summary

Briar has done a great job of countering Karma. Typically, they wins a fantastic 54.0% of the time the champions face one another in. In Briar against Karma matches, Briar’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that they probably will get first blood against Karma.

Best Briar vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsThe CollectorProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageOpportunityVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste 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 ForceArmor
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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4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Karma as Briar

Advice to Win Against Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

Briar vs Karma Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
Karma Image
9.2
< Kills >
3.2
7.7
< Deaths >
6
6.6
< Assists >
12.1
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
0.67
39
< Minions Killed >
68
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.45
18,220
< Physical Damage >
979
3,680
< Magic Damage >
14,115
956
< True Damage >
782
22,857
< Damage Dealt >
15,876
36,270
< Damage Taken >
19,720
12,656
< Gold Earned >
9,278
1.11
< Towers >
1.87
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
30,696
< Total Healing >
2,722
13,889
< Experience >
11,570
19
< Vision Score >
48
6
< Wards Placed >
21
255
< Time Dealing CC >
238

How to Counter Karma with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Briar vs. Karma counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Karma’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Briar often has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they receives more damage than Karma. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Karma

Who is Better, Briar or Karma?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter to Karma.

While Briar does have a much higher win rate than Karma, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Karma.

Additionally, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Karma. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Karma matchups, Briar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Briar is a great counter to Karma. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Karma.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Briar, we analyzed 4,459 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Karma as Briar comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar to counter Karma 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often racks up less CS relative to Karma. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Briar versus Karma build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Profane Hydra. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Karma than with most other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 54.0% when countering Karma with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Karma as Briar, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Briar vs Karma battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Karma as Briar are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.