Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Briar vs. Neeko matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Neeko’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Neeko. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Briar often has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. On average, they takes more damage than Neeko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Neeko, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Neeko.
While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Neeko, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Neeko.
Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Neeko matchups, Briar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Briar is a good counter to Neeko. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Neeko.
If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Neeko 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar often picks up less CS as Neeko. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Briar versus Neeko build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs. Neeko than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Neeko with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Neeko as Briar, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Briar vs Neeko clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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