The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Volibear against Briar matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Briar..
Volibear usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Briar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a bad counter for Briar.
While Volibear does have a lower win rate compared to Briar, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Briar.
Moreover, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Volibear is a bad counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Briar.
To truly master Volibear to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear on average accumulates much more CS compared to Briar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Briar build consist of Corazza spirituale, Dente di Nashor, and Spaccascafo. When Volibear included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Briar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 47.2% battling Briar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Briar as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Tempo letale, Trionfo, Leggenda: Alacrità, L'ultima sfida, Demolire, and Rivitalizzare runes from the Precisione and Determinazione rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Volibear vs Briar counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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