How viable is Brand support?
Just curious. I know he has great poke and his combo gives him a stun, but is that enough to make him a good support?
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I use to play him a lot before aery nerfs, he's still probably fine but prefer vel'koz with comet now.
He has been an ok support for a while now. He has pretty nice base damage so he isn't as gold reliant as other mages. So if you enjoy mages and want to do damage as support he or zyra would be a good pick. But he isn't very good at peeling so keep that in mind when looking at your comp
Likkrit thinks that he is not very good now ,because of golder nerf (or smth like this), but I think it is matters of high elo. Brand is good support: a) if you feel your adc will suck b) if you just want to carry the game, as he has way more carry potential than usual sup c) you don't have any AP on your team d) you want to have guaranteed good laning phase (some exceptions in place). So basically as sup he has No utlility except stun, very high damage, usually good laning phase, great teamfighting, somewhat less dependency on team performance compare to most sups. His good lanning phase can feed you and your adc and help speed up the game to end it earlier. If you are in Bronze imho it is the best sup to rank up.
I'm actually unranked and trying to get champs to get into ranked. Wanting to switch into maining sup and figured starting with a champ I have a bit of experience in would be a good place to start. Thanks for the advice!
He's definitely a viable support, ESPECIALLY at lower elo.
He does a shocking amount of damage (especially at 6) and enemy bot lanes will often disrespect it which can give you free kills. Just be careful that your own ADC doesn't underestimate it and run from a fight you would win!
If you have a decent amount of utility/cc on your team, he's a good pick. If your team is a lot of carries and has a good amount of AP (e.g. you have a standard AP carry mid, and you have something like a Vlad top or a Nidalee jungle, etc...) then he's a pretty awful pick (they'll build a lot of MR and your team will lack a lot of peel for your own ADC / won't have a decent engage, etc...). Anything else is a middle ground.
He'll often do the most damage in the game, which being a support is a MASSIVE boost to your team. In low elo people won't properly space out to reduce his ult's damage so he'll win a lot of teamfights. He's a little feast or famine due to utility being better when behind, but he gets an easy lane phase and is guaranteed to outscale most other supports thanks to his damage.
I'm just wanting to let you know that it can be fairly difficult to main support in lower elos. But Brand is mainly played support. Rylais will be your best friend. As the others are saying he does a lot of damage and is a pretty good pick. If you are set for being a support main then main champs that can easily carry and deal damage.
Thank you all for the help!