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Briar vs Sylas

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

based on 5,317 Briar vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Sylas as Briar came out of an evaluation of 5317 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Briar fights Sylas in only 3.1% of their rounds.

Briar vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Briar has done a good job of countering Sylas. On average, they wins a fantastic 53.5% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Briar against Sylas matches, Briar’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that they probably won't get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Briar vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelYoumuu's GhostbladeDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusSterak's GageProfane HydraTrinity Force

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
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Briar

Advice to Win Against Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Briar vs Sylas Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
Sylas Image
9.5
< Kills >
8.3
7.8
< Deaths >
7.8
7.1
< Assists >
6.8
2.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
37
< Minions Killed >
120
1.41
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.35
19,171
< Physical Damage >
519
3,384
< Magic Damage >
21,409
971
< True Damage >
790
23,526
< Damage Dealt >
22,719
35,526
< Damage Taken >
30,936
12,718
< Gold Earned >
11,378
1.12
< Towers >
1.41
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
29,927
< Total Healing >
7,675
13,828
< Experience >
13,504
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
9
252
< Time Dealing CC >
269

How to Counter Sylas with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here feature some influential Briar versus Sylas counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..

Briar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives more damage than Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Sylas

Who is Better, Briar or Sylas?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Sylas, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a great counter for Sylas.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Sylas, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Sylas.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Briar vs Sylas matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Briar is a great counter for Sylas. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Sylas.

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 Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Briar, we analyzed 5,317 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 Sylas 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

To truly master Briar in order to counter Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar on average accumulates a lot less CS as Sylas. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Briar versus Sylas build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Death's Dance. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Sylas than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Sylas with this counter build.

To have the best chance of crushing Sylas 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 combinations that we analyzed for Briar vs Sylas counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.

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