Heimerdinger vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Heimerdinger
based on 2,630 Heimerdinger vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Briar
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Heimerdinger vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Heimerdinger versus Briar counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Heimerdinger normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Briar
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 45.6% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter for Briar.
While Heimerdinger does have a much lower win rate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a trash counter to Briar. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Briar during both the early game 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 above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically racks up much more CS compared to Briar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Briar build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Briar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Briar as Heimerdinger, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Briar LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% winrate overall.
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