Vel'Koz vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Vel'Koz
based on 3,561 Vel'Koz vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Briar
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Vel'Koz vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some vital Vel'Koz against Briar matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Vel'Koz typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Briar
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Briar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up more CS as Briar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Briar build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Briar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Briar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Briar as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Briar counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% win rate overall.
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