Briar vs Nasus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Briar is a fighter/assassin hybrid, Nasus a fighter/tank hybrid, and they meet in the jungle. 1,192 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Briar at a 44.5% win rate into Nasus. A deficit of 5.5 points is what earns Nasus its counter flag in this matchup.
The exchange usually opens with Chilling Scream (E) or Siphoning Strike (Q). Level six shifts things: Certain Death on one side, Fury of the Sands on the other. One spends Fury and the other Mana, which changes how long each can keep poking.
physical damage sits on both sides of this matchup, which simplifies what Briar and Nasus build against each other. Starting health splits 650 to 625 in Nasus’s favour, with armour at 30 against 34. At full build levels the gap widens to 2418 HP versus 2240, favouring Nasus. Nasus also hits harder before items — 67 AD to 60. That 340-versus-350 difference matters most when either leaves the matchup.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Nasus is the more demanding of the two to pilot (6/10 versus 3/10), which quietly shapes the win rate. Sample size counts as much as the number — 1,192 games for Nasus here.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Nasus has the statistical edge. Briar wins 44.5% of the recorded games.
44.5% from Briar's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,192 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Briar build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Briar build page.