Conflagration (E) Mana cost lowered from 70/75/80/85/90 to 40/50/60/70/80 AP Ratio increased from 35% to 40% Damage rescaled from 70/90/110/130/150 to 60/85/110/135/160 [New Effect] "If cast on a minion or monster that is not ablaze, Conflagration's cooldown is reduced to 3 seconds."
LyingOnLine2 votesWhy the fuck are they buffing Brand? He's frustrating as hell to play against, but he's actually balanced right now.
Ahristocats1 votesbrand was picked in lcs recently, and this is a pro balance patch, so they want to increase diversity
LyingOnLine1 votesThat is a possible explanation, but it's also a stupid one. Everybody knows that the characters picked in the LCS are either totally overpowered (Cho'Gath) or simply well suited to competitive playstyles. Trying to take a character who's perfectly good in soloQ and buffing them for competitive play will merely result in them becoming overpowered.
Ahristocats1 votescho'gath actually suits competition well, he was meta in competition from 2011 to 2013 where he started to get powercreeped after his first nerf in january 2013
his kit is full of utility with good tankiness, and his laning phase is safe
as for brand, dude's identity is "i bring damage" so yes, this is not suited for competition, trying to buff him is pointless
Kynin1 votesGood change, will push people to play him mid instead of support. I dont see how it is a buff though, the damage is down.
Kynin1 votesNIce edit. Brand maxed e last and supports rarely if ever get to level 18. Supports also dont usually have the gold income for ap heavy builds. Support brand works because of magic pen and 
is much cheaper since riot killed almost every other champion building it.
Ahristocats2 votesbut the mana cost
Kynin1 votesThe mana cost change helps mid lane brand more. Support brand only uses e to increase stacks on an enemy.
DaNinad1 votesBrand support here we go :(