Malzahar vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Malzahar
based on 5,589 Malzahar vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Briar
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Malzahar vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Malzahar vs. Briar counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Malzahar typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Briar
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Briar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Briar, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Briar.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Briar. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar to counter Briar during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often racks up much more CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Briar build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Briar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Briar with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Briar as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malzahar vs Briar LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Malzahar are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.