Zilean with Briar
How to Synergize Zilean and Briar
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Zilean Briar Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Briar
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Briar
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Zilean Briar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Briar as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Briar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Briar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Briar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Briar helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Briar, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Briar helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Briar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Briar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Briar.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Briar on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Briar does a decent job of protecting Zilean in team fights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Briar?
There is no top companion for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Briar is a very typical companion for Zilean. By locking into the same side as Zilean, they raises their win rate by 0.8% to 51.5%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Zilean and Briar that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Briar has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be cautious when finding Briar allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by pairing Zilean and Briar together, you may not be giving your team a great deal of cover. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Briar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to pair well with Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to focus on in your Zilean and Briar synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Briar than with many other common builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 51.5% helping carry Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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