Zoe vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Zoe
based on 2,136 Zoe vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Briar
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Zoe vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Zoe in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Zoe vs. Briar counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Briar..
Zoe typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives less damage than Briar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zoe and Briar
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Who is Better, Zoe or Briar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 44.7% win rate. As a result, Zoe makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Zoe does have a much lower winrate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Zoe also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zoe into Briar.
Furthermore, Zoe also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Zoe is a bad counter to Briar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zoe against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zoe to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe usually accumulates much more CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Zoe versus Briar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Zoe bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Briar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 44.7% when countering Briar with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Briar as Zoe, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Zoe vs Briar battles, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.7% winrate overall.
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