So am I the only one thinking that we should be doing something with Brand?

LordTekron·1/31/2015, 5:13:08 AM·1 votes·509 views

Everyone keeps talking about "nerf Lee Sin this, nerf Yasou that, etc." but I personally want to bring up a different champion, Brand. Now this is just my personal opinion, no facts just opinion, so as such feel free to agree/disagree, but at least hear a man out first will ya?

Honestly, the main problem is his passive, what's wrong about it? Well nothing really, get hit by an ability and take some DoT, simple, effective, and makes sense since you are setting people on fire.

But that is only HALF of his passive.

No... The other half is what really bothers me, basically if they are taking damage from your DoT, and you use another skill, additional effects occur, whether it be a stun, more damage, you get the idea. These two things would work fine as separate passives, but together they create something that is annoying to deal with. But it can be worked around so he isn't as annoying to go against when laning, but at the same time doesn't throw Brand at a disadvantage. Here are my suggestions.

  1. Pick on passive or the other, not both: the more blatant suggestion, could cause some problems I suppose, but that is why I am suggesting more ideas than just this.

  2. Beat Fire with Fire!:

3 Comments

Lord Dusteon1/31/2015, 5:18:31 AM2 votes

His passive is just the 8% max hp DoT; while his abilities all interact with his passive, it's intended (removing that would be akin to removing Twitch's E with his passive; it would work, but why would you ever think of doing that?). And since Brand isn't really an overpowered or mobile champion, I don't think he needs part of his kit removed for no reason.

7ha7guy7771/31/2015, 5:53:23 AM2 votes

would you rather his abilities always have the bonus effects?

TheKingDodo1/31/2015, 5:51:50 AM1 votes

Damage isn't the issue at large. He's an immobile mage, he can be killed. Also he's mana based and his abilities aren't spammable compared to those other champs... dodge his shots, once they're on cooldown you have a good 6-10 seconds before he can do anything cool. the magic dots also aren't a huge issue if you have some MR, heal, high regen, or LS/SV