Brand is a support now?

Are the changes looking good so far, i.e. is that probably the way you'll go (after maybe some tuning), or will you try out other paths?

Meddler, Have you guys considered moving this restore mana to his E instead of his W? His waveclear pattern is almost always to W then E, so putting the mana restore on the W doesn't help very much.

Could you experiment with changing his E to always spread his burn passive (regardless of whether the target is burning or not) and then give it a different effect if the target is already burning?

I realize that'd be a straight buff to his power level, but it'd make his waveclear much more satisfactory and comparable to other AoE mages in the midlane. It'd allow you to E + W a wave (instead of W + E) to get the bonus damage from W, which would also work with you adding mana refunds to his W on minion kill.

Personally, I think his current E (low-damage, single-target, point & click ability) is really bland if the target isn't already burning - it only serves to enable his Q stun or stack his passive. If it spread his burn passive to all enemies near your target as a baseline, it'd be much more interesting and cohesive with his kit.

As a Midlane Brand main, I believe the simple change is to put his mana restore on his E and give his E bonus damage to minions and monsters. That boosts his waveclear substantially and provides Mana sustain in accordance with his current W into E waveclear pattern, all without making him do too much damage as a support in the laning phase. Waveclear and Mana sustain around CSing is the only way to bolster his midlane presence into being functional without being overpowered as a support, his kit is otherwise enjoyable and great to play besides his E being lackluster in it's range and functionality

P.S: His base AD is a little lower than most mages and makes CSing with autos extremely frustrating, a few small points of base AD early could go a long way

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Brief bit of passing context on those changes - expect them to vanish from the PBE this week (probably tomorrow) and then return in a modified form the patch after. We're at the point where we need to lock down the patch and that Brand stuff needs a bit more work.

When you reverting the vayne q changes?

Can you slightly reduce his damage or change his r targeting priority to compensate. His R shouldn't bounce to a solo champion more than once if they're in a minion wave. It makes it far too easy to just R someone for half their health in lane and the built in slow makes landing his other abilities far too easy.