Briar vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Briar
based on 9,885 Briar vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Briar
Advice to Win Against Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Briar vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some critical Briar versus Nocturne matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..
Briar often has a similar longest kill spree as their opponent does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Nocturne. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Briar or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a bad counter for Nocturne.
While Briar does have a lower winrate than Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Nocturne.
Moreover, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Briar is a somewhat poor counter for Nocturne. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Briar versus Nocturne build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Sundered Sky. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs Nocturne than with many other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 48.2% battling Nocturne with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nocturne as Briar, Briar players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Briar vs Nocturne matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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