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Briar vs Udyr

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

based on 4,936 Briar vs Udyr matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Udyr as Briar resulted from an evaluation of 4936 ranked matches where both champs battled each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Briar encounters Udyr in only 2.9% of their games.

Briar vs Udyr Matchup Summary

Briar does a good job of beating Udyr. On average, they wins a terrific 52.8% of games the champions fight each other in. In Briar vs Udyr games, Briar’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, implying that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Udyr.

Best Briar vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelOpportunitySterak's GageLord Dominik's Regards

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
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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 Udyr as Briar

Advice to Win Against Udyr

After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.

Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.

Briar vs Udyr Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Udyr Image
9.1
< Kills >
5.3
7.6
< Deaths >
6.3
6.8
< Assists >
7.6
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
38
< Minions Killed >
80
1.43
< Dragons Killed >
1.05
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.45
18,459
< Physical Damage >
7,931
3,309
< Magic Damage >
8,779
961
< True Damage >
753
22,730
< Damage Dealt >
17,464
35,919
< Damage Taken >
33,214
12,625
< Gold Earned >
11,517
1.12
< Towers >
1.79
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.23
30,830
< Total Healing >
13,224
13,923
< Experience >
14,196
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
260
< Time Dealing CC >
2,024

How to Counter Udyr with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here show some significant Briar versus Udyr counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Udyr’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Udyr. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Briar often has a much larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Udyr. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Udyr

Who is Better, Briar or Udyr?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Udyr, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter for Udyr.

While Briar does have a higher winrate than Udyr, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Udyr.

Additionally, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Briar is a good counter for Udyr. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Udyr.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Udyr Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Udyr as Briar, we analyzed 4,936 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 Udyr 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 learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Udyr 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually racks up less CS compared to Udyr. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Briar versus Udyr build include Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Udyr than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.8% battling Udyr with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of beating Udyr as Briar, you 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. Out of all the runes players used for Briar vs Udyr clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Udyr as Briar are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.