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How to Synergize Briar and Graves

based on 780 Briar with Graves pairs
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Briar has fought alongside Graves in 780 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Briar play with Graves. It is very rare for Briar to play with Graves as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approximately 0.5% of games with Briar.

Briar Graves Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Briar does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Graves. Usually, they wins a poor 48.3% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Briar when playing with Graves by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Black CleaverSundered SkyEclipseDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
>
Second ability for Briar to level upq
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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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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Graves

Advice to Understand How Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Briar Graves Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Graves Image
8.5
< Kills >
9.2
8.4
< Deaths >
7.8
6.4
< Assists >
6.8
1.95
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
88
< Minions Killed >
38
0.78
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,847
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,632
< Magic Damage >
3,253
1,062
< True Damage >
981
23,542
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,393
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,190
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.25
< Towers >
1.09
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
26,826
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,983
< Experience >
13,976
18
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
6
193
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Graves as Briar in LoL

The Briar Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 Graves. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Graves helps Briar perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar plays on the same team as Graves, they gets a little increase in their total damage output. This difference could indicate that Graves supports by providing cover for them to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.

Moreover, when Briar plays with Graves on the same side, they often receives a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Graves does a decent job of protecting Briar during teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Graves

Is Briar better when played alongside Graves?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Briar that will always be their top synergy. Yet, Graves is a very bad teammate for Briar. By being on the same team as Briar, he lowers their win rate by -3.4% to 48.3%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Briar and Graves that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Graves has a lower difficulty than Briar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Graves teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Briar and Graves together, you will not be granting your team a lot of magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Graves ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Graves, we analyzed 780 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 Graves 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

If you would like to truly master Briar in order to work well with Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Briar and Graves synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when paired up with Graves than with most other typical builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Graves with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, 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. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.

If you want to get Briar and Graves cooperations tips and builds for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every match played with these champions.