Briar vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Briar
based on 11,965 Briar vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Briar vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Briar vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Briar
Advice to Win Against Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Briar vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Briar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Briar vs. Yasuo counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Briar often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Briar and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Briar or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Briar usually wins when playing against Yasuo, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Briar makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Briar does have a higher win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Briar also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Briar into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Briar also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Yasuo matchups, Briar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Briar is a decent counter to Yasuo. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Briar against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Briar in order to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Briar on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Briar versus Yasuo build include Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Death's Dance. When Briar combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when fighting Yasuo than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 51.1% battling Yasuo with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Yasuo as Briar, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Future's Market runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Briar vs Yasuo counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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