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Briar vs Shen

How to Beat Shen as Briar in LoLBriar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Shen as Briar

based on 3,021 Briar vs Shen matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Shen as Briar resulted from an examination of 3021 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This pairing is fairly rare. Briar has to counter Shen in only 1.8% of their matches.

Briar vs Shen Matchup Summary

Briar does a decent job of countering Shen. Typically, they wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Briar vs Shen rounds, Briar’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Shen.

Best Briar vs Shen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageDeath's DanceBlack Cleaver

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
6
R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Shen as Briar

Advice to Win Against Shen

Be ready to dodge Shen's taunt and punish him if he misses.

Once Shen reaches level 6, watch out for his global-range ultimate, which can turn fights quickly.

Briar vs Shen Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Shen Image
8.2
< Kills >
4.5
7.9
< Deaths >
5.3
6.6
< Assists >
10.7
1.88
< Killing Sprees >
1.03
36
< Minions Killed >
121
1.42
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.4
17,086
< Physical Damage >
8,075
3,177
< Magic Damage >
6,908
898
< True Damage >
1,135
21,161
< Damage Dealt >
16,119
35,345
< Damage Taken >
30,156
12,287
< Gold Earned >
10,111
1.09
< Towers >
1.7
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
29,680
< Total Healing >
3,849
13,497
< Experience >
13,832
19
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
10
262
< Time Dealing CC >
313

How to Counter Shen with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Briar versus Shen counter stats that may help you understand the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Shen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in killsdeaths.

Briar usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Shen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Shen

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Shen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Shen

Who is Better, Briar or Shen?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Shen, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a good counter for Shen.

While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Shen, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Shen.

Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Briar is a decent counter to Shen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Shen.

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 Shen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shen as Briar, we analyzed 3,021 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 Shen 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Briar in order to counter Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Shen. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Briar versus Shen build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Shen than with most other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Shen with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Shen as Briar, you should equip 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 runes players used for Briar vs Shen fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.

If you want to see Briar versus Shen tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and strategies shown are computed using every game run with both champs.