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Briar with Sona

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How to Synergize Briar and Sona

based on 4,117 Briar with Sona pairs
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Briar has fought alongside Sona in 4117 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much accurate data from the developers of LoL, we are sure that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Briar play with Sona. It is relatively rare for Briar to play alongside Sona as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.4% of rounds with Briar.

Briar Sona Synergy Summary

Briar does a good job of playing alongside Sona. Typically, they wins a terrific 52.5% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Briar when playing with Sona by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeMaw of MalmortiusThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageOpportunityVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
>
Second ability for Briar to level upq
>
Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Briar's passive ability p
Briar's q ability q
Briar's w ability w
Briar's e ability e
Briar's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Sona

Advice to Understand How Sona Will Play

Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.

Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.

Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.

Briar Sona Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Sona Image
9.2
< Kills >
9.2
7.7
< Deaths >
7.8
6.7
< Assists >
6.8
2.1
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
39
< Minions Killed >
38
1.38
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,601
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,307
< Magic Damage >
3,253
951
< True Damage >
981
22,860
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,328
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,605
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.13
< Towers >
1.09
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
29,348
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,695
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
259
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Sona as Briar in LoL

The Briar Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Briar sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sona helps Briar perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Briar plays on the same team as Sona, they observes a little increase in their complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Sona provides protection for them to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played alongside Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.

Moreover, when Briar plays with Sona on the same team, they on average takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Sona does a decent job of protecting Briar in teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Sona

Is Briar better when played alongside Sona?

There is no top champion pairing for Briar that will no matter what be their best teammate. However, Sona is a very typical ally for Briar. By playing on the same side as Briar, she increases their win rate by 0.8% to 52.5%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Briar and Sona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Sona has a greater difficulty than Briar. That means you should be careful when finding Sona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing alongside, Briar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Briar and Sona together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much engage. Plan to have other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Sona teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Sona Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Sona, we analyzed 4,117 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Briar with Sona comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to pair well with Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to focus on in your Briar and Sona synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Maw of Malmortius, and The Collector. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Sona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Sona with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Briar players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Briar and Sona pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Briar with Sona collaboration tips and stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and guides shown are computed using every round completed with these champions.