Briar vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Briar
based on 5,589 Briar vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Briar
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Briar vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Briar vs. Malzahar matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Malzahar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Briar typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Briar and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Briar or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Malzahar, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Briar does have a higher winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Malzahar.
Moreover, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Briar vs Malzahar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Briar is a decent counter for Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Briar to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar most often gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Briar versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Briar bought at least these three items in their build, they performed much better against Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Briar had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Malzahar 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. Of all the runes players chose for Briar vs Malzahar face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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