Briar vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Briar
based on 2,630 Briar vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Briar
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Briar vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Briar versus Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Briar normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Briar or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 54.4% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a great counter for Heimerdinger.
While Briar does have a much higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Briar has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Heimerdinger matchups, Briar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Briar is a great counter to Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Briar against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar typically racks up a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Briar versus Heimerdinger build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better countering Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 54.4% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Heimerdinger as Briar, Briar players should use 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 builds we have analyed for Briar vs Heimerdinger matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.4% win rate overall.
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