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Briar vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Briar in LoLBriar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Briar

based on 2,444 Briar vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our data, Briar faced K'Sante 2444 times. With so many matchups for Briar vs K'Sante gives us confidence in our ability to provide actionable data and a recommended build to destroy K'Sante. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Briar encounters K'Sante in only 1.4% of their matches.

Briar vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering K'Sante. Typically, they wins a acceptable 51.9% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Briar versus K'Sante rounds, Briar’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that they probably will get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Briar vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

OpportunitySterak's GageDeath's DanceSundered Sky

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 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
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Briar

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Briar vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
K'Sante Image
9
< Kills >
5.2
7.7
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
6.7
2.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
37
< Minions Killed >
170
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.41
18,357
< Physical Damage >
14,696
3,226
< Magic Damage >
3,779
1,014
< True Damage >
1,631
22,598
< Damage Dealt >
20,107
36,310
< Damage Taken >
31,903
12,581
< Gold Earned >
11,154
1.12
< Towers >
2.07
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
30,877
< Total Healing >
4,930
13,817
< Experience >
14,940
19
< Vision Score >
15
6
< Wards Placed >
8
260
< Time Dealing CC >
1,063

How to Counter K'Sante with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Briar versus K'Sante matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than K'Sante. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Briar often has a much larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives more damage than K'Sante. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Briar
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
K'Sante

Who is Better, Briar or K'Sante?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to K'Sante.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into K'Sante.

Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs K'Sante matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Briar is a decent counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against K'Sante.

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

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 vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Briar, we analyzed 2,444 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 K'Sante 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.

Other Useful Resources

Briar Build K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often picks up a lot less CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Briar versus K'Sante build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better countering K'Sante than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering K'Sante with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating K'Sante as Briar, 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 runes we have analyed for Briar vs K'Sante counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.

If you need to see Briar x K'Sante tips and counter builds for a a distinct player tier, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the stats and guides displayed are computed using all games completed with these champs.