Briar vs Sion
How to Beat Sion as Briar
based on 4,613 Briar vs Sion matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Sion Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Sion Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sion as Briar
Advice to Win Against Sion
Use the time after Sion has died to reposition and prepare for his return.
Even if Sion still hits a Decimating Smash, making him release the charge earlier reduces its impact.
Briar vs Sion Counter Stats
How to Counter Sion with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Briar vs. Sion counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sion’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Sion. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Briar usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Sion. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Sion
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Who is Better, Briar or Sion?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sion, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Briar makes an ok counter to Sion.
While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Sion, when facing one another, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Briar into Sion.
Additionally, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sion. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Briar vs Sion matchups, Sion is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Briar is a decent counter for Sion. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Briar against Sion.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Briar to counter Sion during both the early game 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar typically gets a lot less CS compared to Sion. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Briar versus Sion build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Briar included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when facing Sion than with most other common item sets. In fact, Briar had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Sion with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Sion as Briar, 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 runes we have analyed for Briar vs Sion LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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