Vladimir vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Vladimir
based on 4,569 Vladimir vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Briar
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Vladimir vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Vladimir against Briar counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Briar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Briar..
Vladimir usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Briar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Briar
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Briar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when facing off against Briar, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter for Briar.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to counter Briar during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir most often gets much more CS relative to Briar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Vladimir versus Briar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Briar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Briar with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Briar as Vladimir, Vladimir players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vladimir vs Briar LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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