Ezreal vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Ezreal
based on 9,973 Ezreal vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Briar
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
Ezreal vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Ezreal against Briar counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Briar..
Ezreal normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Briar
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Briar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 44.2% win rate. As a result, Ezreal makes a poor counter to Briar.
While Ezreal does have a much lower win rate compared to Briar, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ezreal into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ezreal also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ezreal is a terribly counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal usually racks up much more CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Ezreal versus Briar build include Guardian Angel, Muramana, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Briar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average win rate of 44.2% battling Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Briar as Ezreal, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Ezreal vs Briar fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.2% win rate overall.
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