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Briar vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Briar in LoLBriar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Briar

based on 1,813 Briar vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. Within our data, Briar fought Taliyah in 1813 rounds. With so many matchups for Briar versus Taliyah gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a pro build to destroy Taliyah. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Briar encounters Taliyah in only 1.1% of their matches.

Briar vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of countering Taliyah. Typically, they wins a whopping 52.8% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Briar vs Taliyah matches, Briar’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, implying that they most likely will get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Briar vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

EclipseDeath's DanceSundered SkyTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Briar

Advice to Win Against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Briar vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Taliyah Image
9
< Kills >
6.2
7.6
< Deaths >
6.8
6.4
< Assists >
8.7
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
35
< Minions Killed >
123
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.4
17,256
< Physical Damage >
775
2,988
< Magic Damage >
20,560
904
< True Damage >
1,096
21,149
< Damage Dealt >
22,431
35,337
< Damage Taken >
21,314
12,506
< Gold Earned >
12,062
1.02
< Towers >
1.62
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
30,004
< Total Healing >
4,147
13,754
< Experience >
14,159
19
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
9
250
< Time Dealing CC >
545

How to Counter Taliyah with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here feature some critical Briar against Taliyah counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..

Briar often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Taliyah

Who is Better, Briar or Taliyah?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter to Taliyah.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Taliyah.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Taliyah 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 late stage team fights.

Briar is a good counter for Taliyah. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Briar, we analyzed 1,813 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 Taliyah 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

If you would like to truly master Briar in order to counter Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar typically accumulates a lot less CS as Taliyah. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Taliyah build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed much better countering Taliyah than with many other common builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Taliyah with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of beating Taliyah as Briar, Briar players should use 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 rune combinations players chose for Briar vs Taliyah counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.

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