Soraka vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Soraka
based on 3,800 Soraka vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Briar
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Soraka vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Soraka against Briar matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Briar
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Who is Better, Soraka or Briar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when trying to fight Briar, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a poor counter for Briar.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Briar, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Soraka into Briar.
Moreover, Soraka also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Soraka is a trash counter for Briar. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka to counter Briar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Soraka versus Briar build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Soraka combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Briar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when countering Briar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Briar as Soraka, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Soraka vs Briar counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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