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Briar with Xin Zhao

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How to Synergize Briar and Xin Zhao

based on 665 Briar with Xin Zhao pairs
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
1.84
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Briar has been on the same team as Xin Zhao in 665 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are confident that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Briar synergize with Xin Zhao. It is very rare for Briar to play alongside Xin Zhao as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 0.4% of games with Briar.

Briar Xin Zhao Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Briar has done a poor job of teaming up with Xin Zhao. On average, they wins a dismal 48.4% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Briar when playing alongside Xin Zhao by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Briar vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsYoumuu's GhostbladeThe Collector

Optional Items

Death's DanceTitanic HydraExperimental HexplateSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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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Guide to Synergizing Briar and Xin Zhao

Advice to Understand How Xin Zhao Will Play

Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.

Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.

Briar Xin Zhao Synergy Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Xin Zhao Image
8.6
< Kills >
9.2
8.1
< Deaths >
7.8
6.3
< Assists >
6.8
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
2.11
86
< Minions Killed >
38
0.88
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.33
18,464
< Physical Damage >
18,521
3,813
< Magic Damage >
3,253
971
< True Damage >
981
23,249
< Damage Dealt >
22,756
35,015
< Damage Taken >
36,026
12,215
< Gold Earned >
12,708
1.37
< Towers >
1.09
0.19
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
27,178
< Total Healing >
30,392
13,835
< Experience >
13,976
18
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
6
198
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Play with Xin Zhao as Briar in LoL

The Briar Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, 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 Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xin Zhao helps Briar perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Briar plays on the same team as Xin Zhao, they gets a small increase in their full damage output. This difference may indicate that Xin Zhao provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Briar is played with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Xin Zhao.

Additionally, when Briar plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, they usually takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Briar in teamfights.

Synergies between Briar and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Briar
Xin Zhao

Is Briar better when played alongside Xin Zhao?

There is no perfect synergy for Briar that will 100% of the time be their #1 teammate. However, Xin Zhao is a very bad teammate for Briar. By playing on the same side as Briar, he drops their win rate by -3.3% to 48.4%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad synergy between Briar and Xin Zhao that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Briar. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Xin Zhao teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Briar and Xin Zhao together, you may not be giving your team very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar Xin Zhao Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Briar and Xin Zhao, we analyzed 665 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 Xin Zhao 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 truly master Briar in order to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Briar and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 48.4% helping carry Xin Zhao with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Briar players should equip 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 combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.

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