Yorick vs Briar
How to Beat Briar as Yorick
based on 4,141 Yorick vs Briar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Briar Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Briar as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Briar
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Yorick vs Briar Counter Stats
How to Counter Briar with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Yorick versus Briar counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Briar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Briar..
Yorick often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Briar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Briar
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Who is Better, Yorick or Briar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Briar, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a bad counter to Briar.
While Yorick does have a lower winrate than Briar, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yorick into Briar.
Moreover, Yorick also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick 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 teamfights.
Yorick is a bad counter to Briar. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Briar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Briar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often picks up much more CS as Briar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Yorick versus Briar build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Briar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Briar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Briar as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Yorick vs Briar clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Briar as Yorick are presented for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.