Lets talk "mid" brand

So during some recent patches riot has tried to make Brand a more viable mid laner which i personally dont mind at all considering too many mids are almost better as support atm which can hurt the support/bot lane meta.

The intentions has been good problem is that brand is still mostly picked support for many reasons. Riot buffing his passive and such isnt something that will help him go mid more since i dont feel that mana problem was the reason brand was such a viable support and less mid laner or his passive not being as strong. Buffing his passive made him even more attractive to be put in support due to how much you can deal to enemy adc and support while he still has matchups mids there doing the same would be alot harder . Personally i think his kit is almost more designed recently as something of a good nuke to have bot supporting due to the ultimate works magic when hitting double champs.

The changes riot is going to make probably to target spells might lift him to mid and make him more viable or it will perma him as a support. Reason i say this is that i dont know in what way this will affect his stun comboes specially the EQ

Well lets say that wont make it better for him in anyway not support but def not mid there there risk is that minions will block your attempts on every turn in both support and mid. Reason why supports might not be as effected is that Brand wont be focusing on playing around minions as you might do when playing midlane there you aggroing the minions without the adc to take the aggro back might make your hp fall low fast and might not make the trade as good as it could or as said earlier a minion blocks it and you just put yourself in harms way. In support this wont be a problem as much due to the adc taking the aggro or killing the minions for you in a way and you wont be as afraid of aggroing minions i would think.

Brand as his kit stands will always be a poor mids support meaning mid player who needs a support to fit their playstyle and unless you love the champ its chances are low of going more mid than support.

Role Popularity WinRate Support 62.2% 51.7% Mid 34.6% 52.7 got this from league of graphs.

This is just a general thought i have had while thinking about the champ as is.