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How to Win Briar vs Zeri Counter MatchupBriar is in the a tier of champions

Briar vs Zeri

How to Beat Zeri as Briar in LoLBriar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zeri as Briar

based on 1,729 Briar vs Zeri matchups
Win Rate
56.8 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Zeri as Briar came out of an evaluation of 1729 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Briar fights Zeri in only 1.0% of their games.

Briar vs Zeri Matchup Summary

Briar has done a great job of countering Zeri. Normally, they wins a fantastic 56.8% of the time the champs face one another in. In Briar vs Zeri games, Briar’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that they most likely will get first blood versus Zeri.

Best Briar vs Zeri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Briar Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

Profane HydraOpportunityTitanic HydraEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Briar to level upw
>
Second ability for Briar to level upq
>
Last skill for Briar to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Briar's passive ability p
Briar's q ability q
Briar's w ability w
Briar's e ability e
Briar's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Briar vs Zeri Counter Stats

Briar Image
Win Rate
56.8 %
VS
Win Rate
43.2 %
Zeri Image
9.1
< Kills >
7.2
7.5
< Deaths >
6.5
6.9
< Assists >
6.9
2.08
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
38
< Minions Killed >
183
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.41
18,779
< Physical Damage >
13,841
3,189
< Magic Damage >
6,378
1,007
< True Damage >
548
22,976
< Damage Dealt >
20,768
35,515
< Damage Taken >
23,482
12,589
< Gold Earned >
12,493
1.09
< Towers >
2.07
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
30,515
< Total Healing >
4,265
13,856
< Experience >
12,730
19
< Vision Score >
17
6
< Wards Placed >
8
258
< Time Dealing CC >
116

How to Counter Zeri with Briar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several strategic Briar vs. Zeri matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. Briar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zeri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Briar may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Zeri..

Briar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Zeri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Briar and Zeri

Damage Types Compared

Briar
Zeri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Briar
Zeri

Who is Better, Briar or Zeri?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Briar usually wins when facing off against Zeri, with a 56.8% win rate. As a result, Briar makes a fantastic counter to Zeri.

While Briar does have a much higher winrate than Zeri, when on opposite teams, Briar also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Briar into Zeri.

Furthermore, Briar has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Briar vs Zeri matchups, Briar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Briar is a great counter for Zeri. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Briar against Zeri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Briar

Briar Loses Against

TaricTaric46.5% winrateBardBard47.5% winrateBraumBraum47.5% winrateNilahNilah47.6% winrate

Briar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.9% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateNidaleeNidalee56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 55.4% 1623 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.7% 22802 GamesEliseElise+ 59.8% 209 GamesRek'SaiRek'Sai+ 60% 115 Games

Additional Information for Briar Players

How We Calculated Our Briar vs Zeri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zeri as Briar, we analyzed 1,729 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Zeri as Briar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Briar in order to counter Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather 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 that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Briar usually gets a lot less CS compared to Zeri. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Briar versus Zeri build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Briar incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Zeri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Briar boasted an average win rate of 56.8% when playing against Zeri with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Zeri as Briar, you should take 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 runes players chose for Briar vs Zeri battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.8% winrate overall.

If you need to see Briar versus Zeri tips and builds for a a particular division, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games finished with both champions.