Zilean vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Zilean
based on 1,860 Zilean vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Briar
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Zilean vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Zilean in LoL
The stats shown here show several valuable Zilean vs. Briar matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Briar
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Who is Better, Zilean or Briar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when playing against Briar, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter for Briar.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Briar, when facing one another, Zilean also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Briar.
Moreover, Zilean has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically racks up more CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Briar build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Briar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Briar as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zilean vs Briar counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Zilean are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.