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Briar with Caitlyn

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How to Synergize Briar and Caitlyn

based on 16,770 Briar with Caitlyn pairs
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
9.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Briar has fought alongside Caitlyn in 16770 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we are confident that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Briar play with Caitlyn. It is common for Briar to play alongside Caitlyn as teammates. This pairing has taken place in approximately 9.9% of rounds with Briar.

Briar Caitlyn Synergy Summary

Briar has done a decent job of playing alongside Caitlyn. On average, they wins an acceptable 51.2% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Briar when playing alongside Caitlyn by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupMosstomper Seedling

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkYoumuu's Ghostblade

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelThe CollectorProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSerylda's GrudgeHubrisDeath's Dance

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 CollectionRelentless Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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W
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Q
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Caitlyn

Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Briar Caitlyn Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Caitlyn Image
9.1
< Kills >
9.2
7.8
< Deaths >
7.8
6.5
< Assists >
6.8
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
38
< Minions Killed >
38
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,442
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,232
< Magic Damage >
3,253
983
< True Damage >
981
22,658
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
36,067
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,696
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.04
< Towers >
1.09
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
30,495
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,972
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
260
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Caitlyn as Briar in LoL

The Briar Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Briar sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Caitlyn helps Briar perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar tries to synergize with Caitlyn, they observes a little drop in their total damage output. This change may signal that Caitlyn doesn't help cover for them to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Caitlyn.

Moreover, when Briar plays with Caitlyn on the same team, they on average takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Briar in teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Caitlyn

Is Briar better when played alongside Caitlyn?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Briar that will always be their best ally. However, Caitlyn is a very typical teammate for Briar. By locking into the same side as Briar, she decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 51.2%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Briar and Caitlyn that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Caitlyn has a greater difficulty than Briar. That means Briar players must be very careful when arranging Caitlyn allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Briar and Caitlyn together, you probably will not be providing your side enough magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Caitlyn Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Caitlyn, we analyzed 16,770 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Briar with Caitlyn comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to synergize with Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to focus on in your Briar and Caitlyn synergy build include Guardian Angel, The Collector, and Profane Hydra. When Briar used at least these three finished items in their build, they performed much better when paired up with Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Caitlyn with these items in their kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Caitlyn with Briar are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.