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Brand Guide

the Burning Vengeance
Mage
Support
Tier C 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 C among Support champions (#31 of 38, 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.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Average KDA
4.3 / 8.2 / 12.0
ratio 2.0
Damage / min
774
CS / min
1.8
Gold / min
341
Kill participation
48%
Vision / min
2.51

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

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

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
Conflagration E Sear Q Pillar of Flame 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
Pillar of Flame W Conflagration E Sear Q Pyroclasm 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.

See all 3 Brand combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

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

Common mistakes

Riot's official tips for playing Brand

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).

18 games · 50.0%
16 games · 56.2%

Starting items

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3059 gold, 16 CS, 2837 XP. At 15 min: 4794 gold, 25 CS, 4479 XP.

Summoner spells

FlashIgnite Flash + Ignite55.3% · 123 games
FlashHeal Flash + Heal56.8% · 37 games
ExhaustFlash Exhaust + Flash41.2% · 17 games

Most-played runes

Deathfire Touch
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

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

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

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

Riot's official tips.

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

Brand Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

MeasureBrandSupport averageGap
Gold at 10 min30592918+141
CS at 10 min1614+2
XP at 10 min28372711+126
Gold at 15 min47944507+287
CS at 15 min2520+5
XP at 15 min44794325+155

Measured over 39 Brand games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min57.5 %40 games
medium-length 25 to 35 min53.6 %110 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Brand in another role

RoleGamesWin rateCS/minGold/minMost-built items
ADC12357.7 %7.0432Rylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's TormentBlackfire Torch
Mid7452.7 %6.8393Rylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's TormentBlackfire Torch
Jungle5740.4 %7.0431Liandry's TormentRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's Hourglass

Roles where we have at least 40 Brand games.

Abilities

Blaze
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.
Sear
QSear
Brand launches a ball of fire forward that deals magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Sear will stun the target.
Pillar of Flame
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.
Conflagration
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.
Pyroclasm
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.

Other Support champions to know

Most played

Nautilus49.9 %Lulu51.2 %Thresh50.1 %Nami49.0 %Bard50.9 %Alistar52.8 %Karma45.9 %Leona51.7 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Poppy56.9 %Zilean55.0 %Neeko54.9 %Galio54.2 %Lux53.6 %Maokai52.7 %LeBlanc52.3 %Elise52.2 %

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Brand?

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

What game length suits Brand best?

Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (53.6% to 57.5%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Which runes should I play on Brand?

The most-played rune page uses Deathfire Touch with the Precision secondary tree (119 games, 55.5% win rate).

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