Gangplank vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Gangplank
based on 2,376 Gangplank vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Briar
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Gangplank vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Gangplank vs. Briar counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Briar..
Gangplank often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gangplank and Briar
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Gangplank makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Gangplank does have a lower win rate than Briar, when facing one another, Gangplank also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gangplank into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a bad counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gangplank against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gangplank in order to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank most often gets much more CS as Briar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gangplank versus Briar build consist of Immortal Shieldbow, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Gangplank included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Briar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gangplank boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Briar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Briar as Gangplank, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Gangplank vs Briar counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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