If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Briar against Master Yi matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..
Briar typically has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Master Yi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Master Yi, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter for Master Yi.
While Briar does have a higher winrate than Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Master Yi matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Briar is a decent counter for Master Yi. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Master Yi.
To learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Master Yi. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Master Yi build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Opportunity. When Briar included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better versus Master Yi than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Master Yi as Briar, you 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. Of all the runes players used for Briar vs Master Yi counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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