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How to Synergize Briar with Tristana on the Same TeamBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar with Tristana

How to Win With Briar and Tristana Paired TogetherBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Briar and Tristana

based on 5,542 Briar with Tristana pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has gone into battle with Tristana in 5542 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the developers of League, we are totally sure that we can give you robust, usable builds to help Briar synergize with Tristana. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Tristana as allies. This has only taken place in about 3.3% of rounds with Briar.

Briar Tristana Synergy Summary

Briar does a ok job of synergizing with Tristana. Typically, they wins an acceptable 50.4% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Briar when playing with Tristana by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSundered SkyThe Collector

Optional Items

Voltaic CycloswordOpportunityMaw of MalmortiusBlack Cleaver

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 Synergizing Briar and Tristana

Advice to Understand How Tristana Will Play

Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.

Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.

Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.

Briar Tristana Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Tristana Image
8.9
< Kills >
9.2
7.8
< Deaths >
7.8
6.5
< Assists >
6.8
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
37
< Minions Killed >
38
1.39
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.33
17,866
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,206
< Magic Damage >
3,253
961
< True Damage >
981
22,034
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,121
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,396
< Gold Earned >
12,708
0.95
< Towers >
1.09
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
29,268
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,616
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
255
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Tristana as Briar in LoL

The Briar Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, 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 very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tristana. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tristana helps Briar perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar is paired with Tristana, they observes a barely noticable drop in their complete damage dealt. This may signal that Tristana does not help protection for them to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Tristana on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Tristana.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Tristana on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Tristana does a decent job of covering Briar during team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Tristana

Is Briar better when played alongside Tristana?

There is no ideal companion for Briar that will 100% of the time be their ideal teammate. However, Tristana is a not very good companion for Briar. By playing on the same team as Briar, she decreases their win rate by -1.3% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Briar and Tristana that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Tristana has a greater difficulty than Briar. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Tristana teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing alongside, Briar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Briar and Tristana together, you will not be providing your team enough utility. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Tristana ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Tristana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Tristana, we analyzed 5,542 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 Tristana 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 truly master Briar to work well with Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to use in your Briar and Tristana synergy build include Guardian Angel, Sundered Sky, and The Collector. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better as an ally of Tristana than with many other common builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Tristana with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip 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 rune sets players chose for Briar and Tristana pairings, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.

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