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

Briar vs Zoe

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

based on 2,136 Briar vs Zoe matchups
Win Rate
55.3 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Zoe as Briar came out of an evaluation of 2136 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Briar encounters Zoe in only 1.3% of their matches.

Briar vs Zoe Matchup Summary

Briar does a great job of beating Zoe. On average, they wins a fantastic 55.3% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Briar vs Zoe games, Briar’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, implying that they probably won't get first blood against Zoe.

Best Briar vs Zoe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Profane HydraMaw of MalmortiusLord Dominik's RegardsEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Briar

Advice to Win Against Zoe

Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.

Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.

Briar vs Zoe Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
55.3 %
VS
Win Rate
44.7 %
Zoe Image
9.2
< Kills >
6.9
7.8
< Deaths >
6.2
6.3
< Assists >
7.7
2.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
36
< Minions Killed >
130
1.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.39
18,359
< Physical Damage >
1,713
3,094
< Magic Damage >
17,712
946
< True Damage >
3,491
22,400
< Damage Dealt >
22,918
35,518
< Damage Taken >
19,525
12,680
< Gold Earned >
11,034
1.09
< Towers >
1.56
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
30,067
< Total Healing >
2,217
13,908
< Experience >
13,323
19
< Vision Score >
25
6
< Wards Placed >
12
252
< Time Dealing CC >
136

How to Counter Zoe with Briar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Briar vs. Zoe counter stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Zoe..

Briar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Zoe. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Zoe

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Zoe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Zoe

Who is Better, Briar or Zoe?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Zoe, with a 55.3% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a fantastic counter for Zoe.

While Briar does have a much higher win rate than Zoe, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Briar into Zoe.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Zoe 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 for Zoe. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Zoe.

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 Zoe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zoe as Briar, we analyzed 2,136 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 Zoe 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

Briar Build Zoe Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Briar to counter Zoe during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar most often gets a lot less CS relative to Zoe. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Briar versus Zoe build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Briar used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better countering Zoe than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 55.3% battling Zoe with these items in their kit.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Zoe as Briar, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Briar vs Zoe face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.3% win rate overall.

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