Briar vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Briar
based on 3,561 Briar vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Briar
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Briar vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Briar against Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Briar usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Briar or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.
While Briar does have a higher winrate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Briar into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Vel'Koz matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Briar is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Briar to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar often picks up less CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Briar versus Vel'Koz build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Briar, Briar players 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Briar vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Briar are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.