Yasuo vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Yasuo
based on 11,965 Yasuo vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Briar
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Yasuo vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Yasuo vs. Briar matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Briar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Briar..
Yasuo typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Briar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Briar
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Briar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when playing against Briar, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a bad counter for Briar.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Briaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Briar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Briar matchups, Briar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter for Briar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to counter Briar 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically accumulates much more CS compared to Briar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Briar build consist of Infinity Edge, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Briar than with most other common builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Briar with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Briar as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Briar fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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