The stats shown here underscore some vital Yuumi vs. Briar matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Yuumi normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Briar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yuumi usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 40.1% win rate. Therefore, Yuumi makes a bad counter for Briar.
While Yuumi does have a much lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Yuumi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yuumi into Briar.
Moreover, Yuumi also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yuumi is a terribly counter to Briar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yuumi against Briar.
If you would like to truly master Yuumi to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yuumi often accumulates less CS relative to Briar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yuumi versus Briar build include Redenzione, Incensiere ardente, and Pietra di luna rinnovata. When Yuumi used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yuumi boasted an average win rate of 40.1% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Briar as Yuumi, you should take the Evoca Aery, Fascia del Flusso, Trascendenza, Bruciare, Fonte vitale, and Rivitalizzare runes from the Stregoneria and Determinazione rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Yuumi vs Briar counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 40.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Yuumi are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.