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How to Win Briar vs Volibear Counter MatchupBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Volibear as Briar

based on 3,712 Briar vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Briar faced Volibear 3712 times. Using so many matchups for Briar versus Volibear gives us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a solid build to wreck your opponent. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Briar has to counter Volibear in only 2.2% of their games.

Briar vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Briar has done a good job of beating Volibear. On average, they wins a terrific 52.8% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Briar versus Volibear matches, Briar’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that they most likely will be able to get first blood against Volibear.

Best Briar vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

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
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R
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W
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Briar vs Volibear Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Volibear Image
9.1
< Kills >
5.8
7.7
< Deaths >
7
7
< Assists >
6.1
2.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
39
< Minions Killed >
126
1.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,362
< Physical Damage >
11,172
3,306
< Magic Damage >
8,272
944
< True Damage >
682
22,614
< Damage Dealt >
20,126
35,533
< Damage Taken >
33,401
12,517
< Gold Earned >
11,607
1.1
< Towers >
2.41
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
30,057
< Total Healing >
8,416
13,788
< Experience >
14,195
19
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
8
256
< Time Dealing CC >
514

How to Counter Volibear with Briar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Briar versus Volibear counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Volibear. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Briar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Volibear. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Volibear

Who is Better, Briar or Volibear?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when trying to fight Volibear, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a good counter for Volibear.

While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Volibear, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Volibear.

Additionally, Briar also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Volibear matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Briar is a good counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Briar against Volibear.

Other Champion Matchups Against Briar

Briar Loses Against

TaricTaric46.5% winrateBardBard47.5% winrateBraumBraum47.5% winrateNilahNilah47.6% winrate

Briar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 55.4% 1623 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.7% 22802 GamesEliseElise+ 59.8% 209 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 60% 115 Games

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Briar, we analyzed 3,712 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 Volibear 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Volibear. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Briar versus Volibear build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Volibear than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Volibear with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Volibear as Briar, Briar players 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 rune sets players chose for Briar vs Volibear fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.

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