It's time to take brand out of support lane

Tryce Maxwell·4/20/2019, 8:54:55 AM·3 votes·863 views

"Support" brand should never be allowed to exist, building two items and bursting your entire comp down with one press of his R. Reduce his base damages and force him into a support role if you want that for him, stop continually ignoring the amount of damage he is allowed to do with minimal items. There have been many a support over the years who were nerfed for the exact same thing he is able to provide in the bot lane. Lulu is a pretty prime example of this.

Get brand out of the bot lane.

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iiGazeii4/20/2019, 9:01:53 AM3 votes

Brand is in bot lane because most mages that don't have mobility get creamed by assassins and junglers. When assassins are strong, immobile burst mages get forced bot. There is no nerf to Brand that would get him out of bot lane; you'd need to buff him so he can go mid and actually do well, or create an item that lets an immobile mage be relevant against an assassin.

Being strong early without items is exactly what a support is supposed to be. Poking and zoning is a valid way to support. He needs to land skillshots, his range is quite short, he is squishy af, and he has no mobility. If he pushes up too far and you sidestep his spells, you can easily get him low or even kill him. He also provides no healing/shielding to his ADC, so any poke you can do to either of them will stick.

NaughtyWord4/20/2019, 9:37:05 AM2 votes

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"Support" brand should never be allowed to exist, building two items and bursting your entire comp down with one press of his R. Reduce his base damages and force him into a support role if you want that for him, stop continually ignoring the amount of damage he is allowed to do with minimal items. There have been many a support over the years who were nerfed for the exact same thing he is able to provide in the bot lane. Lulu is a pretty prime example of this.

Get brand out of the bot lane.

Or you could play Sivir and spellshield and minion siege to your hearts content with item 3508 hell even a item 3133 .

Plat HardstuckXD4/20/2019, 9:01:43 AM1 votes

So you lost one game that made it late and one base your entire reasoning for him getting nerfed on your one experience? He has a 49% winrate and was nerfed a while back that brought his damage down to reasonable levels. He's in a great spot right now.