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  • Опубліковано 9 вер 2023
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  • @VarsVerum
    @VarsVerum  8 місяців тому +59

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    • @HanstheBoss1
      @HanstheBoss1 8 місяців тому +4

      what's with the feet intro bruh ?

    • @krystians2016
      @krystians2016 8 місяців тому +1

      its 100% brain dead champ with no skill expression and being just broken as fuck cuz giving a fk armor pen dash with stune is a fk JOKE
      just fk remove this champ and make something that isnt just ONESHOTING OR GETTING ONESHOTED shit
      last champions that were design like normal fk champion was:
      zeri-she was broken but she wasnt super tanky oneshoter and other staff THIS CHAMP WAS FIXABLE
      vex-counter pick but still good design
      gwen-they should change a lot about her Q to make her good design and remove her W cuz thats just stupid and is useless or broken ability for her
      rell-really good design but she was tank so nobody player her then got OP rework and if they nerf her more she could be in good design
      and finally really a fk good design is fk SETT cuz if you have at least few brain cells and you are better then enemy you can outplay him or as sett you can do a lot of staff while having NORMAL abilities that dont make enemy do random shit like renata ult or fk passive from viego or other staff(yea ik his W deals insane amount of dmg but that is because a lot of champions are fk sooooooo broken and getting buffed for no reason that something like sett IS BROKEN but you cant see it because other shit just is on anouther lvl)
      btw viego have an okay design with his basic abilities and ult but being able to change to any champion is just stupid extremely stupid

    • @SmallPotato2313
      @SmallPotato2313 8 місяців тому +6

      Such smooth transition to the sponsor gotta give u that

    • @Epicibrahim
      @Epicibrahim 8 місяців тому +4

      Actually you reach video 666 bruh I hate this 666

    • @HanstheBoss1
      @HanstheBoss1 8 місяців тому

      @@Epicibrahim and of course the 666 gotta be terrifying

  • @loptr9581
    @loptr9581 8 місяців тому +1934

    Hearing Vars lose his mind at the damage of Briar’s E is like hearing a teacher swear in class

    • @muamua101
      @muamua101 8 місяців тому +27

      I'm glade Power final made her debut too

    • @ender4101
      @ender4101 8 місяців тому +49

      Hearing him quietly screaming is hilarious.

    • @douglaswalker7707
      @douglaswalker7707 8 місяців тому +7

      the dmg is crazy but i dont see it being able to be done very often

    • @victorvondoom4869
      @victorvondoom4869 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@douglaswalker7707can u abuse it for jungle clear?

    • @lunaw2174
      @lunaw2174 8 місяців тому +7

      @@victorvondoom4869on an 18 second cooldown, not particularly. Especially because it's meant to be the last skill you upgrade

  • @snave5188
    @snave5188 8 місяців тому +630

    Briar is what you get when you max out all your favorite stats and ignore everything else in character creation

    • @deadpool569
      @deadpool569 8 місяців тому +77

      I don't need health if everything's dead

    • @orein1880
      @orein1880 8 місяців тому +53

      All speed and atk no evasion or health we go *IN* or die trying

    • @Astonthepunk
      @Astonthepunk 8 місяців тому +5

      Technically with the(lack of) pillory it’s more like a piece of equipment min maxing your stats. Pillory on? Cha wis int increased by 8. Pillory of? All stats reduce to 0, strength increases by 3x

    • @rommdan2716
      @rommdan2716 8 місяців тому

      ​@@deadpool569You can't kill anything with her

    • @deadpool569
      @deadpool569 8 місяців тому +5

      @@rommdan2716 well then I'll die trying

  • @Nikolai0169
    @Nikolai0169 8 місяців тому +1042

    Id argue that Kled also falls under the berserker archetype. Theres no canceling your ultimate, you are going to the end and if you lock on to a champion, you are going to hit that champion no matter the danger. Then, once you take enough damage to fall off of Skarl you are basically forced to keep fighting to get Skarls courage back or die trying, as you are too slow to run away from enemies with any reliability. Sure youve technically got the self knockback from your pistol, but even then you are encouraged to get right into an enemies face with it to hit as many pellets as possible.

    • @dylanevans0402
      @dylanevans0402 8 місяців тому +69

      Ya this gives off hard Berserker vibes, I hear she's a Vampire, this is not a Vampire, lol.

    • @VarsVerum
      @VarsVerum  8 місяців тому +351

      He definitely nails the berserker personality lol

    • @patrickcarter2829
      @patrickcarter2829 8 місяців тому +33

      ​​@@dylanevans0402 true. She fits more of a homunculus archetype.

    • @tempermen6032
      @tempermen6032 8 місяців тому +4

      And he’s balanced and not brainread

    • @lothara.schmal5092
      @lothara.schmal5092 8 місяців тому +27

      @@dylanevans0402How’s she not a Vampire? There are many Vamoire archetypes, including crazy blood sucking maniac monsters

  • @levimcgillis6339
    @levimcgillis6339 8 місяців тому +102

    Imagine a briar with a yuumi, a champ that plays itself with a champ that doesnt do abything

  • @itslkt
    @itslkt 8 місяців тому +437

    "I believe this is the only self hard crowd control in the game"
    Sion, after literally stunning himself after hitting a wall: Am I a joke?

    • @Weaverlord
      @Weaverlord 8 місяців тому +19

      (yes)

    • @sapandcap8031
      @sapandcap8031 8 місяців тому +36

      Malzahar rooting himself with every ult, arguably lissandra with her zhonyas (but that's cheating)

    • @VarsVerum
      @VarsVerum  8 місяців тому +450

      Self activated. Sion's stun isn't a self activation it's people without a driver's license.

    • @KellerKind287
      @KellerKind287 8 місяців тому +54

      and what about all channeled spells, e.g. Malzzahar Ult etc? Those also kinda "stun" the player character@@VarsVerum

    • @garrisonwu5862
      @garrisonwu5862 8 місяців тому +30

      @@KellerKind287 You can still stop channels at any time. If you briar w/ult you cannot untaunt yourself unless you have e off cd.

  • @patrickgabrielson690
    @patrickgabrielson690 8 місяців тому +27

    Warwick is a berserker too. Any WW main can tell you the unspoken rule: if you smell a target below 25% HP, you have no choice but to ult them from 2 screens away.

  • @eenpersoonrandomnes6444
    @eenpersoonrandomnes6444 8 місяців тому +177

    That sponsor transition 💀10/10

    • @TriaMilia
      @TriaMilia 8 місяців тому +2

      And still the sponsor block detected

  • @wolfreg
    @wolfreg 8 місяців тому +376

    I think she will rapidly become a counterpick toplaner or a hypercarry jungler

    • @amidsid3482
      @amidsid3482 8 місяців тому

      Wdym she scales like shit

    • @sakazu2576
      @sakazu2576 8 місяців тому

      see issue is, her laning is complete and utter dogshit. Her early game is, shockingly enough, kinda dog without items. Every trade she takes is losing, her W ends up getting her killed most of the time, additionally her E is clunky as shit to hit and you're gonna end up inting

    • @primus_03
      @primus_03 8 місяців тому +11

      Her Toplane is really bad,
      Source Tolkin

    • @_rafael_fr
      @_rafael_fr 8 місяців тому +1

      I think she's early game just like Olaf or WW

    • @saintpres4ge533
      @saintpres4ge533 8 місяців тому +16

      With 0 base health regen, she'll be poked out of top lane, all it takes is someone to use abilities well to force her further and further back, making it so she has to all in to gain lane control. Someone like mundo can poke with q and e, olaf with q, etc. etc. Ranged champions will obviously make her life hell until she engages so yeah she can be a counter pick, but then it becomes either a skill match up, or a wait until jungler arrives to win the lane match up

  • @sephirothslayer1152
    @sephirothslayer1152 8 місяців тому +136

    I LOVE the design and abilities, a self berserking champion with lifesteal is what I’ve been saying Olaf should have been ever since I found him years ago, I just hate how she can’t be played in lane because of just how low her sustain outside of lifesteal is. If any champ will push me to learn jg it’s her.

    • @AdamTheVox
      @AdamTheVox 8 місяців тому +6

      Jgl is super fun m8, if you want a really fun champ, for up to plat elo, that's relatively easy to learn, try Vi.
      People are sleeping on her cuz she isn't really that good in diamond+.

    • @sephirothslayer1152
      @sephirothslayer1152 8 місяців тому +16

      @@AdamTheVox I just don’t wanna bother with learning all the different pathings and gank/drag timings etc. I’m a Trynd main, I just wanna hit things and splitpush

    • @thor8606
      @thor8606 8 місяців тому +7

      A lot of the time it's just getting the first path down and then taking whatever comes up (and is safe) afterwards. The experience is indispensable though even if you go back to lane you'll be predicting the enemy jungler's movements and map placement and know how to ward against their ganks even better

    • @bigsmoke4592
      @bigsmoke4592 8 місяців тому

      then play master Yi. he and trynda both buy squishy adc items, farm up and then outduel anyone later on. just farm until level 6 and then kill people it's just like tryndamere but you don't have have to lane against anyone. post 14 minutes you can splitpush too as long as no dragons or barons are up.

  • @XephyrHeart1238
    @XephyrHeart1238 8 місяців тому +71

    Her Ult also alerts everyone in range so if you suspect that it's going towards you, you can easily move

    • @RomcomEnjoyer17
      @RomcomEnjoyer17 8 місяців тому +1

      I have a feeling Briar + Ashe gon be wildin

    • @corruptedarcher1564
      @corruptedarcher1564 8 місяців тому +1

      I made the mistake of trying to challenge the top lane briar with duskblade by letting her hit an ulty under tower and trying to use Varus E to apply grievous and hit an ulty, but her q stunning immediately after letting her get her full combo in less than a 2 seconds makes her have zero counter play for ADC's you need someone with hard cc to deal with her. Shes a global master yi with a stun.

  • @alazif7973
    @alazif7973 8 місяців тому +169

    I managed to play her for a while in PBE. Her kit is VERY strong, but the huge problem is that she is actually very weak currently but while also being very stat checky. Her base stats are atrocious, like pre-6 Kayle level bad. The problem arises if she gets fed, which is more likely to happen as a jungle than a laner. If Briar is behind, her base stats make her feel so much weaker than literally anybody else, but if she manages to get ahead she stat checks everyone one-sidedly into oblivion extremely hard. It's feast or famine in a Kayle-level of intensity where she either is useless or 1 v 9's due to the discrepancy between horrific base numbers and how absurdly strong her kit is. She really is going to bounce 55% and 45% WR's back and forth since it varies based simply on if her base stats are buffed or not in a given patch.

    • @Bubbble_Bear
      @Bubbble_Bear 8 місяців тому +2

      I mean isnt the point of her boosted stats to statcheck you? just that she has no other option than go in

    • @theterron7857
      @theterron7857 8 місяців тому +6

      @@Bubbble_Bear not his point, read it again

    • @gcavaresi
      @gcavaresi 8 місяців тому +10

      In other words, she's either useless or 1v9s and also a skirmisher. When was the last time Riot released a jungler that does not fit this description?

    • @miyo2404
      @miyo2404 8 місяців тому +9

      ​@@gcavaresiivern?

    • @Championalex7
      @Championalex7 8 місяців тому

      Rn it's at less than 35% 💀

  • @9forMortalMen
    @9forMortalMen 8 місяців тому +80

    I like how this champion (mostly) doesn’t feel overly designed. Akshan is the best example of this in recent years, but a lot of new champions feel designed to play perfectly in LoL in 202X without anything special going on, making them all feel weirdly samey. They’re jam packed with QOL passives and stuff that makes the champion “just work” whereas with briar they actually seemed to make a reasonably janky character with drawbacks.

    • @Yokai_Yuri
      @Yokai_Yuri 8 місяців тому +27

      Lmao Akshan. The dude has invisibility, a get away/ all in while hittinh mechanic. Double auto that hit extra hard. Can revive a team mate instantly and ia tanky despite being adc

    • @chas5344
      @chas5344 8 місяців тому +4

      @@Yokai_Yuri literally batman

    • @cloudynguyen6527
      @cloudynguyen6527 8 місяців тому +6

      @@chas5344Akshan and Rakan on your team is like Batman and Robin. This is canon now.

    • @lok4890
      @lok4890 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Yokai_Yuriakshan is a Marksman, not an adc. Not every ranged ad champ must be an adc

    • @W0lfMan26
      @W0lfMan26 8 місяців тому +12

      @@lok4890 no, you're simply wrong. Adc is short for "Attack Damage Carry." There's no difference between adc and Marksmen, they litterally made it up so people unfamiliar to mobas might understand the goals of the adc. There's a reason mid used to be called the Apc.

  • @azurclerx951
    @azurclerx951 8 місяців тому +145

    Except for a bit of number changes, I think her kit is fine and very suited for her lore. Can’t wait to play her

    • @qwormuli77
      @qwormuli77 8 місяців тому +1

      The R impact damage being AoE might be a bit too pushy, but on the other hand, if they ever want to actually do something with her AP ratios (useless text box filler ATM), they absolutely need to give her P heal and W AP ratios, too. Her body numbers are actually surprisingly bad, but it fits with the berserk buffs and I have to say that her kit is really interesting, when compared to other recent releases (Renata was great, too).

    • @walkelftexasranger
      @walkelftexasranger 8 місяців тому +2

      Steroid R that deals fuck ton of AoE dmg and has guaranteed CC is not balanced at all.

    • @riverstambaugh11
      @riverstambaugh11 8 місяців тому

      This guy loves feet.

  • @elogic7368
    @elogic7368 8 місяців тому +8

    For self inflicted cc, champ who create terrain can technically knockback themselves, bard can stasis himself.
    And stasis is technically a hard cc

    • @MadIIMike
      @MadIIMike 7 місяців тому +1

      By that logic, every champ can hard CC themselfes with Zhonias/Stopwatch.

  • @uniqe_apple9763
    @uniqe_apple9763 5 місяців тому +4

    Here we are 2 months later and we are on nerf 5 and she still has a 54% win rate

    • @FrozenSpaceYT
      @FrozenSpaceYT 2 місяці тому

      They haven't nerfed her? They gave her a hp scaling

  • @khaagos
    @khaagos 8 місяців тому +19

    I like how he screams discretely, like he's afraid he will wake up a sleeping baby in the room near him 😂

    • @karenwang313
      @karenwang313 8 місяців тому

      More like a child that doesn't want to wake up his parents but yea lmfao

  • @vladfilip6742
    @vladfilip6742 8 місяців тому +4

    You have such a calm voice when you are doing videos so it was sooo funny to hear your pitched voice. Love your videos.

  • @nmtjohn
    @nmtjohn 8 місяців тому +3

    Great video as usual Vars, but i'd like to make a suggestion. I think you should make a video about boots, going through the history of the item and how it changed so much through the years, why does it have to be in almost every single game, etc. I think this item is great designed and also an iconic mechanic in the game, really worth to get a video just for itself.

  • @littlemormonboy
    @littlemormonboy 8 місяців тому +9

    Absolutely stellar sponsor transition, A++ for sure 😂😂😂

  • @JiorujiDerako
    @JiorujiDerako 8 місяців тому +5

    Something I find interesting about her passive and the lack of health regen is that it's actually relevant for items, too. Take Heartsteel for example, it has +200% Base Health Regen... which on Briar is 200% of 0, so you still don't regen any health from it. Any items with health regen do nothing for her (at least in that context), it has to be an actual healing passive like a Warmog's when over the bonus health threshold.
    If I'm not mistaken, this is unique to her? Both Vlad and Zac have a base health regen, so they can still build regen items to have some (slow) sustain without entering combat. Briar is the only one in the game with an actual 0 for that value.

    • @Kakerate2
      @Kakerate2 8 місяців тому +1

      ocean drakes dont heal her either strange enough

  • @vesarixx9080
    @vesarixx9080 6 місяців тому +2

    Odd take that E doesn't count as a disengage because enemies can get out of it, if it forces them out of your immediate area isn't that usually fairly effective for disengaging?

  • @tarkhamknight209
    @tarkhamknight209 7 місяців тому +3

    I think briar is actually quite fun charging into the enemy team and trying to heal as much as you can so you dont die. It kind of feels like rhaast

  • @Goldfisher
    @Goldfisher 8 місяців тому +7

    I’m hyped, might actually get back into league to pick up briar. A true blue ride or die champion from the jungle seems like a ton of fun.

    • @srensen3081
      @srensen3081 8 місяців тому

      she seems fun for about 50% of games, but if this champ falls behind noone on your team is having fun playing with you

  • @napalmfacepalm4101
    @napalmfacepalm4101 8 місяців тому +2

    So funny hearing how proud Vars was with the segue from Briar's hunger to his sponsor

  • @unofficialskins624
    @unofficialskins624 8 місяців тому +1

    SMOOTH sponsor transition there Vars. Evelynn would be proud. WP mate

  • @kataki7p21
    @kataki7p21 8 місяців тому +8

    I really love var's minor meltdown at her e xD i laughed my ass off

  • @spy811
    @spy811 8 місяців тому +46

    I have a feeling that she'll be completely busted initially, but then in a matter of few weeks people will learn how to play around her, and she'll be forgotten. Her main damage source is technically out of your control, which prevents the likes of Yorick, Illaoi, Urgot, Azir, etc. from being popular.
    I hope this doesn't age well, because I'm such a huge fan of her abilities. She seems so much fun.

    • @Underworlder5
      @Underworlder5 8 місяців тому +14

      seems like she will have a similar status as tryndamere: mostly unplayed by the general fanbase, but with a few dedicated mains who can carry games

    • @gcavaresi
      @gcavaresi 8 місяців тому +4

      I don't know your server and elo, but Yorick and Illaoi are unfortunately too popular in my soloQ games and are possibly, along with Teemo, the top laners that make lose my mind the most when picked either by my team or by my opponent. I'm not counting crit champions that start with the letter Y, though.

    • @aaronmcconkey1062
      @aaronmcconkey1062 8 місяців тому +4

      Dude just talking about the visual design.. her r is the most BAD ASS r EVER

    • @Aimaiai
      @Aimaiai 8 місяців тому

      illaoi, yorick, and urgot curb stomp everyone in lower elos, I cant go 10 games without facing one of them, and azir has been a mainstay in professional play forever.

    • @minimoYT
      @minimoYT 8 місяців тому

      Azir doesn't have anything on his kit that's out of his control, soldier placement and repositioning is his bread and butter, it's not like Illaoi tentacles that spawn randomly or Yorick ghouls with sometimes wonky AI

  • @BCYoshi
    @BCYoshi 8 місяців тому +8

    That's kind of the impression I get is she'll either be turbo broken or giga useless, no in between. I worry that one small change will completely break this champ

    • @minimoYT
      @minimoYT 8 місяців тому

      She's the ultimate feast or famine champ, if Yasuo and Katarina are either 0/10 or 10/10, Briar is 0/30 or 30/0

  • @pedromazzetto4722
    @pedromazzetto4722 8 місяців тому +3

    i think one of the best moments of my day was hearing Vars lose his mind over briar’s e damage percentage

  • @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz__
    @zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz__ 8 місяців тому +2

    Great breakdown! Feel like I understand the archetype, the design choices, and the gameplay style much better after this.
    Top tier content 😮

  • @zachtemoro2116
    @zachtemoro2116 8 місяців тому +2

    My only gripe is that for a global ult, they gave the enemy a notification that she ulted while she channels it. Its already a difficult Ult to hit, and no other global Ult like Ashe’s Arrow, Jinx Rocket, or even Vex’s Ult which Brair’s is inspired by gives a notification on when they fire it.
    For a skill shot that is meant to “instill fear”, giving an indication of it coming doesn’t actually fit that description

    • @drakehellstone208
      @drakehellstone208 8 місяців тому

      It's not that hard to hit it, you won't hit it each time but lanes are straight lines so in tf you won't really miss

  • @Arcade_Raven
    @Arcade_Raven 8 місяців тому +4

    Self induced CC is somewhat uncommon in League, but there are a lot of technical CCs and oddities
    The main self CCs I can think of are:
    Rumble silences himself at max heat
    There’s Blitz W slow
    Vi has a self slow on her Q
    Kayle used to CC herself when casting ult, she was effectively disarmed and silenced.
    You could count old (and to a lesser extent new) Neeko. With the self induced stun.
    OrVi ult counting as a self knock up that an enemy Yasuo can ult off of
    But some technical self CCs I can think of are:
    Malzahar and Warwick suppression CCs themselves as well if you want to count them.
    Kalista can technically CC herself and one of her teammates by black spearing them in a level 1 fight.

    • @eliw772
      @eliw772 8 місяців тому

      a lot of abilities self root when casting as well. Like most hooks, Gwen Q (her E is hardcoded to break this though), fiora parry, etc.

    • @styrfry
      @styrfry 8 місяців тому

      Master Yi also roots himself when he heals (W?). That fulfills Vars' definition of a "self activated CC", Xerath's ult also roots him in place now that I think about it.

  • @mangasaint
    @mangasaint 8 місяців тому +1

    Lee Sin sonic wave forces you into using resonation strike to follow up regardless of situation. It’s a mental CC placed on the player.

  • @stfudante
    @stfudante 8 місяців тому

    ngl i’ve gotten real cold with chilling scream timing. its perfect in the middle of a fight mid late game when they don’t see it coming and ive used it to knock people back when needing to escape and then W thru a wall and go around to catch them from behind

  • @chrisyoung1576
    @chrisyoung1576 8 місяців тому +44

    Feet intro? 😳

  • @adrianvaldez1372
    @adrianvaldez1372 8 місяців тому

    This guy is the ONLY UA-camr I have to put closed captions or turn up volume to max in order to understand

  • @cloud99337
    @cloud99337 8 місяців тому +1

    "who is crazy enough to inflict status effects on them self for any reason" *equips 3 berserker rings in rpgs*

  • @net_spider
    @net_spider 8 місяців тому +2

    From my experience with her, the reason why her "no health regen" on her passive matters, is because this forces her to either be super aggressive to have reliable sustain, where sometimes this isn't possible if you play her "smart" to avoid ganks or range characters, making it so you have less access to minions, or having to periodically waste your E as a form of sustain... which if you get the timing wrong, can screw you royally should a forced encounter occur.
    Her kit makes her great when she has any form of backup, but greatly reduces her options when she is alone or outnumbered. Great for a jungler and, under the right conditions, a good top lane partner, but not top lane solo.

  • @CerbearusBane
    @CerbearusBane 8 місяців тому +1

    Think my favorite part of Vars videos is I almost always recognize the music. Guess we have the same taste in games!

  • @JaceOKami
    @JaceOKami 8 місяців тому

    3:40 Xerath self roots when casting his ult. this was a thing even before his gameplay update when his current ult was his old w

  • @tzyuduan3496
    @tzyuduan3496 8 місяців тому +2

    I appreciate the Danganronpa V3 background music ❤

  • @DemonLordGamingAC0
    @DemonLordGamingAC0 6 місяців тому +1

    What makes Briar so broken isn't only her insane damage. Her E makes engaging on her impossible. Meaning she's super hard to punish unless she ints with her W

  • @QuestionableObject
    @QuestionableObject 4 місяці тому +1

    My favorite thing about Briar is that she has very clear and obvious weaknesses baked into her design.
    The only trick is that Riot needs to make those weaknesses matter...

  • @radbrad4678
    @radbrad4678 8 місяців тому +2

    Always a good day when Vars uploads

  • @BoneWalker
    @BoneWalker 8 місяців тому +3

    I'm imagining Briar's passive in an ability draft mode. Wonder if it'd apply on ability dots.

    • @YanYan-zu8dc
      @YanYan-zu8dc 8 місяців тому

      Briar liandry to stack bleeed

  • @kaorihide8283
    @kaorihide8283 8 місяців тому

    1:00 One of the best ADD inserts I have ever witnessed, so fucking clean xdd.

  • @imthedylan7157
    @imthedylan7157 8 місяців тому

    subbing for the transition to the sponsored portion of the video

  • @523Raiden
    @523Raiden 8 місяців тому +1

    "I believe this is the only self hard crowd control in the game"
    Does Lissandra Ult count as a self hard CC?

  • @showcase0525
    @showcase0525 8 місяців тому

    Ok, props for that factor transition.

  • @MrKing545
    @MrKing545 8 місяців тому

    She’s a cool champ, cool design and pretty unique gameplay with how you click a button then you fully commit

  • @Dark-ch5cj
    @Dark-ch5cj 8 місяців тому

    Ive never sniffed my computer screen so hard until a few moments ago when the video started thx i needed that!

  • @diethylether857
    @diethylether857 8 місяців тому +1

    I personally would like to see a video on economy affecting champions. Like champions that can generate extra exp or gold for the team or themselves.

    • @YanYan-zu8dc
      @YanYan-zu8dc 8 місяців тому

      So Tf, Gp, Nilah, ZIlean and Pyke.
      I may have an idea for a team comp

  • @louispoinas3012
    @louispoinas3012 8 місяців тому

    Rumble also revolve around the tradeoff of powerfull spell against self silencing

  • @TerrenceRog
    @TerrenceRog 8 місяців тому

    Nunu & Willum technically inflict a very brief stun on themselves upon running a snowball into terrain,

  • @marcobedin6308
    @marcobedin6308 8 місяців тому +2

    I love how the title gives so little yet much information

  • @legoking101
    @legoking101 8 місяців тому +1

    she is the ultimate "i can fix her" champion, you will be begging your team not to dodge when you lock this out of control animal.

  • @catopotato3330
    @catopotato3330 8 місяців тому

    i can already see shadowflame and spirit visage in her build either cooked up in korea or becoming popular in general

  • @eyjay1508
    @eyjay1508 8 місяців тому

    11:58, her W heals her for a huge chunk and her E gives her both damage resist and max% health healing. She can stall fights just fine.

  • @WooHooLadttv
    @WooHooLadttv 8 місяців тому

    i like to think vars has a sleeping cat next to him in every video and thats why he can't make a lot of noise lmao

  • @k084lt3
    @k084lt3 8 місяців тому

    Btw on the topic of self cc there is still rumble who self silences himself when reaching his full passive heat bar.

  • @Donnerbalken28
    @Donnerbalken28 6 місяців тому +1

    I do like Briar because she feels like one of the few new champs that you can actually play around against.

  • @vicentesantiago2681
    @vicentesantiago2681 8 місяців тому +3

    You choose Briar, the enemy chooses rammus... You cry.

    • @lostintheflurry
      @lostintheflurry 8 місяців тому +1

      Your e does big magic damage and disengages you, its playable still into rammus. Graves is more of a problem for her imo she is squishy and his w makes you worthless for the duration

    • @vicentesantiago2681
      @vicentesantiago2681 8 місяців тому

      @@lostintheflurry During the frenzy she automatically focuses on the enemy, even if they are invisible or out of sight, as long as they are within range.

    • @lostintheflurry
      @lostintheflurry 8 місяців тому

      @@vicentesantiago2681 yes but you can change target with your Q stun or cancel W with E which does big magic damage to Rammus and shoves him off of you so you can get out, if he hits wall he's additionally stunned. its not that bad to vs. him. also he can't really invade you in your jungle cuz there are walls everywhere for him to smash into with your aforementioned E. graves on the other hand basically wrecks her especially early, she has a very low health pool and he burst/crits her while she's blinded and can't leach back.

    • @vicentesantiago2681
      @vicentesantiago2681 8 місяців тому

      @@lostintheflurry Guys, everything she can use against Rammus she can use against Graves, however, Rammus's defenses are much better and the blinding doesn't affect her. The only blinding that makes any difference to her is Teemo's.

  • @theyugiohcardforger
    @theyugiohcardforger 8 місяців тому

    I like how accessible you make these videos to people who don't play much league like me

  • @Tyranickus
    @Tyranickus 8 місяців тому

    Hey, I have a question for you.
    Do you think that implementing enough anticarries with full support (runes, items) could balance the game?
    My logic is if you have potential to heavily counter the whole team if they rely on burst, dashes/ diving you may just force the meta to more bapance and less frustrating state

  • @cyrene03
    @cyrene03 6 місяців тому

    She's insanely fun to play. Been also trying hwr out as support and every game is a clusterfuck and a love it

  • @guidomista3570
    @guidomista3570 8 місяців тому +2

    The only way they could make a champion more reckless and devoid of self preservation than Olaf and Kled was to just straight up Berserk themselves

  • @1Henrink
    @1Henrink 8 місяців тому +28

    Besides her splash art, I really like her design a lot

    • @Killroy007
      @Killroy007 8 місяців тому +4

      Yeah the splash really did drop the ball.

    • @redwOw3113
      @redwOw3113 8 місяців тому

      come on we know you like the feet

    • @toobig7150
      @toobig7150 8 місяців тому +6

      Wdy guys mean? I keep hearing that and also the somewhat questionable petite design"
      But like Huh? What's wrong with someone a bit petite type build?

    • @1Henrink
      @1Henrink 8 місяців тому +2

      @@toobig7150 Her build in the splash art is not the biggest problem. It's her face and head. The proportions are of a child. The eyes are very big for the head size, and the squished head also looks like a child.
      It's not the case for the cinematic and the in-game model.
      And that's not even touching the feet in focus stuff.

    • @toobig7150
      @toobig7150 8 місяців тому +4

      @@1Henrink idk what kind of childs you know of, she dont looks like a child to me at all.
      Even then, whats wrong with that? i mean no offense, but she looks like a petite woman, bit young looking but thats it, and even then its fictional, if you ask me almost everyone (maybe not for illiaoi?) look young in the game, like no one goes beyond the 22-25 mark.

  • @rckbrch
    @rckbrch 6 місяців тому

    I really like her design and kit tbh. I'm not a jungle player, heck the only role I dont wanna play but when she got released I tried playing her in Jungle and I enjoyed it. I've been spamming her in solo q as a jungle player haha

  • @ed765super
    @ed765super 8 місяців тому +29

    The more vids I watch the more I learn Briar was made for me and me alone. I am forever grateful🦶🏻

  • @sarplaninac_srb3708
    @sarplaninac_srb3708 8 місяців тому

    I like how Vars used the new Olaf R icon

  • @FlavioSantos-uw1mr
    @FlavioSantos-uw1mr 8 місяців тому

    I would argue that Warwick is a Berserker since I need to follow the blood trail and no tower or fountain will stop me

  • @abubakarkabirshema3865
    @abubakarkabirshema3865 7 місяців тому

    That sponsor transition deserves more attention 🤣, way too smooth

  • @keeperofthehammer6795
    @keeperofthehammer6795 8 місяців тому

    Vel'Koz has a self-root on ult. That said good on you for remembering Blitz W has a self-slow.

  • @vencelfoldi8236
    @vencelfoldi8236 8 місяців тому +33

    Briar is the personification of why I quit ranked long ago but why I still love playing ARAM.

    • @aidangillard2041
      @aidangillard2041 8 місяців тому +2

      Elaborate?

    • @petitpois22
      @petitpois22 8 місяців тому

      how can you have a problem with this champ ?

    • @vencelfoldi8236
      @vencelfoldi8236 8 місяців тому +4

      @@aidangillard2041 Changes/additions/systems/abilities that are to the detriment of the game's balance but are fun to see in an environment with short games and no stakes.
      "To the detriment of the game's balance" doesn't necessarily equal something being OP. What that means is the thing in question is conceptually unbalancable because it lacks a balance lever that could be adjusted. Briar is a perfect example of this since the entire character is designed around the idea of losing control of the champ, making her gameplay very unpredictable and inconsistent, in exchange for having a kit even more overloaded than K'sante's. It'll be fun seeing the chaos she brings to 4fun modes, but whoever came up with the idea of Briar, would get insta-failed in a uni game design class for it.

    • @aidangillard2041
      @aidangillard2041 8 місяців тому

      @@vencelfoldi8236 yeah, you might be right. If I remember, I'll respond again once I've played against her a decent amount in ranked

    • @MylesTheDoctorMahajan
      @MylesTheDoctorMahajan 8 місяців тому +2

      @@vencelfoldi8236 Thank you for the well worded response, as well as a clarification with regards to what you meant. very rare to see such well written replys.

  • @tobaccomarshall4659
    @tobaccomarshall4659 8 місяців тому +1

    3:44 Sion stuns himself if you crash into a wall

    • @VictorPerez-vu1fo
      @VictorPerez-vu1fo 8 місяців тому

      Well by that logic if you dash into poppy's E you get stunned so also any dash is a self CC.
      I'd guess then that the self CC is something you "control" and it's not reliant on external factors for its normal use. Yes, Sion stunts himself, but is hitting a wall its intended function/utility? No, it's a side effect.
      Briar can miss ulti and not have anything near during w and no cc effect occurs (again, missing is not its intended function). But hitting a target sets off the cc, while with Sion it's a cc effect on the target long enough to chain a charged Q, even if you have a slight delay after contact to charge Q it's not a self CC in that circumstance.

    • @tobaccomarshall4659
      @tobaccomarshall4659 8 місяців тому

      ​@@VictorPerez-vu1fo the poppy's W argument doesnt make sense, poppy is an external factor completely external to how the ability intrinsically works
      the ability has the intrinsic fact that if you hit a wall you get CC'd
      Also hitting a wall is part of its intended utility cause towers are walls

  • @alliu6562
    @alliu6562 8 місяців тому

    Ok that sponsor placement was very solid got a good chuckle outta me

  • @sadsongs7731
    @sadsongs7731 8 місяців тому

    I'm so excited about briar bypassing all my wards, tp to me as adc AND have my sup feared while she shreds what little health I might still have while she instaheals all damage...

  • @tiedyedbeard3439
    @tiedyedbeard3439 8 місяців тому +1

    "Youre never gonna hit her W with full charge because you have to wait a full 1 second"..... Sion mains just never hit fully charged Q's i guess 😅

  • @darkiv6088
    @darkiv6088 6 місяців тому

    Great gateway into the add XD

  • @obviouslyenzo4942
    @obviouslyenzo4942 8 місяців тому +41

    I dunno what to feel about this character cause her in game model makes her look old like young adult, but her art makes her look like a child, her kit is unique and refreshing but is a bit clunky with her self taunt and then there’s the feet…

    • @kxgr9522
      @kxgr9522 8 місяців тому +15

      Be honest
      It’s just the feet

    • @brydonthunder
      @brydonthunder 8 місяців тому +15

      she is small, not a child. As someone who has dated a girl under 5 feet, you can be small and adult at the same time..

    • @jaredrodney3420
      @jaredrodney3420 8 місяців тому +3

      @@brydonthunder but in a fantasy world where they have an infinite number of possibilities why do they keep making small and somewhat pedobait champs, by also making them act childish

    • @fupa1503
      @fupa1503 8 місяців тому

      @@brydonthunder I think Riot themselves said it is a child. I think she looks weird, but glad she doesn't look like a toddler but a young adult instead.

    • @nickylag3912
      @nickylag3912 8 місяців тому

      How many champ since Zoe and you said they keep making pedobait stuff, I don't count Milio since he really is just a child @@jaredrodney3420

  • @marcusaurelius8467
    @marcusaurelius8467 7 місяців тому

    No idea if this has been stated before but Ziggs was the only champion who could self-apply hard crowd control, a knock-up from his W - Satchel Charge

  • @youtubeguestuser4603
    @youtubeguestuser4603 8 місяців тому

    "Infinitely better version of tryndamere"
    Tryndamere: SAY HELLO TO MY +50 RANGE

  • @urazoe8240
    @urazoe8240 8 місяців тому

    I think it all depends on how well she can build tank items. Both Olaf and Mundo are best building Tank and Tryn or someone like Yi have invurability to make up for building full dmg.

  • @dzigayu4944
    @dzigayu4944 8 місяців тому +19

    I feel like Riot August is allowed to do whatever he wants because "He created Jhin surely whatever he does can't be bad right" And then we get Viego, Zeri and now Briar.

    • @Christian-tq4oz
      @Christian-tq4oz 8 місяців тому +10

      all incredibly fun champs.. im not sure why people like you complain? do you want more trydameres and luxes in the game? so boring

    • @tehrik0020
      @tehrik0020 8 місяців тому +7

      @@Christian-tq4oz I'd rather have more Bards, Kindreds or Jhins instead of edgy button-mash 1v9 pieces of garbage that are oppressive to play against because by design they must be better than every champion older than them. In a lobby with a Viego player only the Viego is having fun when he's ahead, everyone else has to suck it up.

    • @petitpois22
      @petitpois22 8 місяців тому

      i mean jhin and kindred are ADC obviously they have clear weakness and bard is a support
      viego is a bruiser obviously he need to be strong@@tehrik0020

  • @dapa3552
    @dapa3552 3 місяці тому

    Love the v3 BGM I'm vibing hard

  • @Bahtas
    @Bahtas 8 місяців тому +1

    Yeah btw you can use her q on teammates and plants so it can be used for disengage

    • @jordanmaldonado8784
      @jordanmaldonado8784 8 місяців тому

      with how short the range on it is i think its mostly a way to gapclose towards enemies (like a lee sin w) rather than disengange, it costs health and doesnt keep you out of danger if you are on frenzy

    • @Bahtas
      @Bahtas 8 місяців тому +1

      @@jordanmaldonado8784 yeah sure but there are uses where it would be a uselfull disenganment tool

  • @dvdmiller
    @dvdmiller 8 місяців тому

    I like the design of briar cuz its something new without having a whole thesis to read on each ability + no actual stupid shit like revives or stealth but just a fuckton of damage

  • @lishhhhmm
    @lishhhhmm 8 місяців тому

    (just an idea, did not thought of it in depth) Can see Briar max E with Anivia max W in the bot lane :D Seems like a Sion style Q prep in the bush but Anivia has to time the wall behind them and *explosions*.. "Double Kill!".

  • @DanielO770
    @DanielO770 8 місяців тому

    That "Sorry Dumbs" arround 11:07? Ah, flawless.

  • @Ren-zg7nu
    @Ren-zg7nu 8 місяців тому

    3:40 Bard wants to ult your location

  • @polishhockeyfan
    @polishhockeyfan 8 місяців тому +1

    Briar and Zoey have the best designs in League because they instantly tell me I can call To Catch a Predator on the people who pick them after my match ends and help make the world a better place.

  • @Paul20661
    @Paul20661 24 дні тому

    she's awesome love her but only now after 7 months started playing her
    hehe changed my main now from Fiddle to Briar :P

  • @JhonnyB694
    @JhonnyB694 8 місяців тому

    That's such a perfect sponsor spot btw. What a fit ahahaha

  • @xoawolf
    @xoawolf 8 місяців тому +5

    I really like Briar. In fact Nafiri and Briar are both very tame, but fun character designs, that don't go stupid OP, or have some weird insane gimmick that makes them a balance nightmare.

  • @cimpler
    @cimpler 8 місяців тому +1

    The more I think about this champ, the more she just becomes Shaltear from Overlord...I am pretty sure she is at leat somewhat inspired by her, even her ability is called bloodfrenzy.

  • @LabrnMystic
    @LabrnMystic 8 місяців тому

    Would building Warmog's on her give her passive healing; or does her passive stop any and all passive healing? Like Grasp or Second Wind?

  • @nemo2803
    @nemo2803 8 місяців тому

    Sion ultimate does self-inflict a 0.5s stun when crashing into terrain, so this isn't the only way to hard CC yourself

  • @qwormuli77
    @qwormuli77 8 місяців тому

    Aaaand looking at her PBE reception, to me it looks like she's the most beloved new champ release in ages. August might have pulled a Jhin with this one.

    • @qwormuli77
      @qwormuli77 8 місяців тому

      Also, thanks for the balanced take on her actual logistics, instead of just clickbaiting with the big number.

  • @Burbund
    @Burbund 8 місяців тому

    Grassless design is a term i want more usage of