Briar vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Briar
based on 1,454 Briar vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Briar
Advice to Win Against Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Briar vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Briar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Briar vs. Ryze counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Briar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives more damage than Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Ryze
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Who is Better, Briar or Ryze?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Ryze, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a great counter for Ryze.
While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Ryze, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Ryze.
Additionally, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Ryze 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 team members during teamfights.
Briar is a great counter to Ryze. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Briar in order to counter Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar often accumulates a lot less CS as Ryze. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar versus Ryze build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better vs. Ryze than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 53.7% battling Ryze with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ryze as Briar, Briar players 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. Of all the runes players chose for Briar vs Ryze counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.7% winrate overall.
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