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Briar with Soraka

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How to Synergize Briar and Soraka

based on 3,956 Briar with Soraka pairs
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Briar has gone into battle with Soraka in 3956 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Briar play with Soraka. It is relatively rare for Briar to play with Soraka on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.3% of matches with Briar.

Briar Soraka Synergy Summary

Briar does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Soraka. Typically, they wins an acceptable 51.1% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Briar when playing alongside Soraka by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

Sterak's GageOpportunityEclipseVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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
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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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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Soraka

Advice to Understand How Soraka Will Play

Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.

You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.

Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.

Briar Soraka Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Soraka Image
9.2
< Kills >
9.2
7.5
< Deaths >
7.8
6.3
< Assists >
6.8
2.11
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
37
< Minions Killed >
38
1.41
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,927
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,247
< Magic Damage >
3,253
979
< True Damage >
981
23,154
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
36,978
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,493
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.08
< Towers >
1.09
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
29,362
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,520
< Experience >
13,976
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
6
260
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Soraka as Briar in LoL

The Briar Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Soraka helps Briar perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar plays on the same team as Soraka, they gets a small increase in their complete damage output. This may signal that Soraka provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played alongside Soraka on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Soraka.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Soraka on the same team, they often takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Briar in team fights.

Synergies between Briar and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Soraka

Is Briar better when played alongside Soraka?

There is no perfect companion for Briar that will 100% of the time be their best ally. However, overall, Soraka is a very typical teammate for Briar. By playing on the same side as Briar, she decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Briar and Soraka that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Soraka has a lower difficulty than Briar. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Soraka comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

When playing together, Briar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Together, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.

Conversely, by aligning Briar and Soraka together, you will not be giving your side enough magical damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Soraka teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Soraka Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Soraka, we analyzed 3,956 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 Soraka 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar to synergize with Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to have in your Briar and Soraka synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar combined at least these three great items in their build, they performed much better as an ally of Soraka than with most other typical builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 51.1% when playing alongside Soraka with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.

If you want to view Briar with Soraka synergy tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using all games completed with these champs.