Master Yi with Briar
How to Synergize Master Yi and Briar
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Master Yi Briar Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Briar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Briar
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Briar
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Master Yi Briar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Briar as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi Briar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Briar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Master Yi sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Briar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Briar helps Master Yi perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Master Yi is paired with Briar, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Briar provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Briar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Briar.
Moreover, when Master Yi plays with Briar on the same side, he typically takes less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Briar does a decent job of protecting Master Yi during team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Briar
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Briar?
There is no top champion pairing for Master Yi that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Briar is a not very good ally for Master Yi. By locking into the same side as Master Yi, they lowers their win rate by -3.0% to 47.6%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Master Yi and Briar that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Briar has a lower difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players don't need to be careful when arranging Briar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Master Yi and Briar together, you may not be giving your team a lot of AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Briar ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Master Yi in order to work well with Briar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Master Yi and Briar synergy build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Master Yi bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Briar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 47.6% helping carry Briar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Master Yi players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Briar with Master Yi are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.