The stats provided here emphasize some valuable Briar vs. Volibear matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Volibear. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Briar often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Volibear. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when taking on Volibear, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Volibear.
While Briar does have a higher win rate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Volibear.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Volibear matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Briar is a good counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Volibear.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Volibear. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Briar versus Volibear build include Lâmina Fantasma de Youmuu, A Coletora, and Oportunidade. When Briar combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs. Volibear than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average winrate of 52.8% battling Volibear with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Volibear as Briar, Briar players should take the Chuva de Lâminas, Impacto Repentino, Globos Oculares, Caçador de Tesouros, Perspicácia Cósmica, and Calçados Mágicos runes from the Dominação and Inspiração rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Briar vs Volibear LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.
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