The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Yone against Briar matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Briar..
Yone typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yone usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Yone makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Yone does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Yone also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Yone into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yone has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone 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 team fights.
Yone is a terribly counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yone against Briar.
To truly master Yone in order 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 tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone most often racks up much more CS relative to Briar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yone versus Briar build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Briar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yone boasted an average winrate of 47.1% battling Briar with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Briar as Yone, Yone players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yone vs Briar battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Briar as Yone are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.