Briar vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Briar
based on 4,141 Briar vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Briar
Advice to Win Against Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Briar vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Briar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several influential Briar versus Yorick matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between this set of champs. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Briar typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Yorick
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Who is Better, Briar or Yorick?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Yorick, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter to Yorick.
While Briar does have a higher win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Yorick.
Additionally, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Yorick matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Briar is a great counter to Yorick. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Briar to counter Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow 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 Yorick. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Briar versus Yorick build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Death's Dance. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Yorick than with many other common builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 53.4% when countering Yorick with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Yorick as Briar, you 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 builds that we analyzed for Briar vs Yorick matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Yorick as Briar are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.