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Brand mini rework idea

C9 Squeeky ··1 votes·221 views

Brand I wanted to try to make Brand more of a battle mage

Innate: Unchanged

Q: Unchanged

W: Ablaze bonus effect changed from Pillar of Flame deals 25% bonus damage --> increases Pillar of Flame's radius by 30% (from 250 to 325) when cast on an enemy champion that is ablaze.

E [NEW]: Flamethrower - Rumble Flamespitter (Q) but in a line instead of a cone. Ticks every half second. Applies an additional innate Blaze stack every 4 consecutive ticks. Toggle? Channel? Was thinking Brand should be unable to cast other spells while E is active but able to apply Ablaze stacks while dealing consistent damage. Possibly change tick rate to every 0.25s but make it 10 ticks for Ablaze stack?

R: Brand passively gains Immolate, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies (Does not apply Ablaze). Active unchanged.

Honestly I would've liked to change Brand's ult to be something similar to Swain Nunu ult but now I can't do that as it would lose its uniqueness.

2 Comments

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I'm not sure I like the change to his W because in the scenario where u get passive on someone stun with q then w, the increased radius wouldn't matter. In a team fight scenario you could q e r w for the highest dps. Assuming they are clumped enough to have ur e spread and u could hit a multi man w. Radius increase could be more beneficial in this case. The change to his e and r would take him gaining more base stats. You need to be closer to enemy's and for longer. Rumble has his q but it works because his w give ms and shield. Also sun fire effect is best on tanks who have the defenses and cc to stay in melee for a long time.

I think having all these changes would make brand feel worse in lanes he would have won but better against melee/assassins. Don't think these changes is a complete enough list to make work. Also brand should be primarily balanced for mid>support.

Here's a good idea for helping brand mid. E passive- auto attacking an enemy 3 times gives them a stack of blaze. This change would be good because it would help his wave clear.

C9 Squeeky 1 votes

Yeah I wanted to try to go further with the Aoe-mage fantasy without being Ziggs :P That's why I went with radius inrease, just more aoe while still preserving some sense of counterplay. I wanted to rework/rethink some of the other abilities but came up with nothing.

I'm not saying Brand isn't viable or needs a VGU or anything, I just think his playstyle & model could be updated just slightly.

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