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Brand Guide

the Burning Vengeance

Mage

Support

Tier A Support

Brand, the Burning Vengeance, is a mage and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 433 analysed ranked games, Brand is mostly played as Support (41% of its games), and more rarely as ADC (28%), in Mid (17%), and in the Jungle (13%), with a 54.2% win rate in that role: tier A among Support champions (#12 of 39, ranked by win rate). Brand's damage is mostly magic (92%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (53.6% to 57.5%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 179 Support games played with Brand, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Brand is a flame burst mage: his abilities set targets ablaze (3 stacks), and at max the Blaze explodes after 2 seconds. Sear stuns a burning target, Pillar of Flame deals 25% more damage to burning targets, Conflagration doubles its spread range, and Pyroclasm bounces up to 5 times.

The stun

E › Q › W

When: An enemy is within range.

Conflagration ignites the target, Sear stuns them since they are burning, Pillar of Flame deals 25% bonus damage.

The full burst

W › E › Q › R

When: A carry is within range.

Pillar of Flame then Conflagration and Sear; Pyroclasm bounces in priority onto affected champions that have not reached the max stacks and slows them.

The Blaze explosion

Q › E › W › R

When: A champion is approaching max stacks.

At max stacks on a champion, the Blaze becomes unstable and explodes after 2 seconds, dealing huge damage around the victim.

Laning phase

Ignite first, then stun with Sear. Your passive restores your mana if you kill a burning enemy.

Common mistakes

• Casting Sear with no burning target: you lose the stun.
• Forgetting Conflagration's doubled range on a burning target.
• Casting the ultimate without several targets to bounce onto.

Riot's official tips for playing Brand

• You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
• You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
• Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment (18 games, 50.0% win rate).

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Morellonomicon+Liandry's Torment

18 games · 50.0%

Blackfire Torch+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Liandry's Torment

16 games · 56.2%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite55.3% · 123 games

Flash + Heal56.8% · 37 games

Exhaust + Flash41.2% · 17 games

Most-played runes

Deathfire Touch + Precision

55.5% · 119 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence99%

Scorch96%

Secondary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind97%

Cut Down96%

Shards

Adaptive force94%

Adaptive force95%

Health scaling90%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Brand's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team56.6% · 53 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Liandry's Torment 52.5%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 63.9% ▲

Blackfire Torch 72.7%

The item that stands out most is Rylai's Crystal Scepter: 63.9% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team46.7% · 45 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 48.5% ▼

Liandry's Torment 51.6%

Blackfire Torch 40.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team56.8% · 81 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 56.5%

Liandry's Torment 50.8%

Blackfire Torch 68.0% ▲

Morellonomicon 41.7%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 68.0% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Brand

• Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
• Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
• Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Brand's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveBlaze

Brand's spells light his targets ablaze, dealing damage over 4 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. If Brand kills an enemy while it is ablaze he regains mana. When Blaze reaches max stacks on a Champion or large monster, it becomes unstable. It detonates in 2 seconds, applying spell effects and dealing massive damage in an area around the victim.

QSear

Brand launches a ball of fire forward that deals magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Sear will stun the target.

WPillar of Flame

After a short delay, Brand creates a Pillar of Flame at a target area, dealing magic damage to enemy units within the area. Units that are ablaze take an additional 25% damage.

EConflagration

Brand conjures a powerful blast at his target that spreads to nearby enemies, dealing magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Conflagration's spread is doubled.

RPyroclasm

Brand unleashes a devastating torrent of fire that bounces up to 5 times off of Brand and nearby enemies, dealing magic damage to enemies each time bounce. Bounces prioritize stacking Blaze to max on Champions. If a target is ablaze, Pyroclasm will briefly slow them.

Frequently asked questions

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