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Briar vs Vladimir

How to Beat Vladimir as Briar in LoLBriar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Vladimir as Briar

based on 4,569 Briar vs Vladimir matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Vladimir as Briar came out of an analysis of 4569 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Briar fights Vladimir in only 2.7% of their matches.

Briar vs Vladimir Matchup Summary

Briar has done a average job of beating Vladimir. Typically, they wins a acceptable 50.7% of matches the champs face one another in. In Briar versus Vladimir rounds, Briar’s side is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood against Vladimir.

Best Briar vs Vladimir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelDeath's DanceEclipseMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
>
Second ability for Briar to level upq
>
Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Briar's passive ability p
Briar's q ability q
Briar's w ability w
Briar's e ability e
Briar's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Briar

Advice to Win Against Vladimir

Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.

Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.

Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.

Briar vs Vladimir Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Vladimir Image
8.9
< Kills >
6.5
7.6
< Deaths >
5.5
6.7
< Assists >
6.4
2.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
37
< Minions Killed >
182
1.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.42
19,125
< Physical Damage >
981
3,188
< Magic Damage >
22,734
1,026
< True Damage >
388
23,340
< Damage Dealt >
24,103
36,072
< Damage Taken >
33,171
12,594
< Gold Earned >
11,785
1.12
< Towers >
1.9
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
30,756
< Total Healing >
27,748
13,827
< Experience >
14,942
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
260
< Time Dealing CC >
123

How to Counter Vladimir with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Briar vs. Vladimir matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in deaths.

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Vladimir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Briar and Vladimir

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Vladimir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Vladimir

Who is Better, Briar or Vladimir?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Briar makes an ok counter to Vladimir.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Vladimir.

Moreover, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Vladimir matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Briar is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Vladimir.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Vladimir Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vladimir as Briar, we analyzed 4,569 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vladimir as Briar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar often gets a lot less CS as Vladimir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Briar versus Vladimir build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Briar included at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better against Vladimir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Vladimir with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of beating Vladimir as Briar, Briar players should use 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 rune sets we have analyed for Briar vs Vladimir matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Briar are given for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.