With the release of the new mages and all of the updates, what really different about brand? In this video I go over the changes, stats, play style, and items for the New Brand. Let me know what you guys think! If you think I could do anything different to improve the video content on my channel just comment below!
Brand rework was overall fail
It just added a gimmick
Didnt make champion any smoother Didnt increase the ammount of combos
Generaly dissapointed
I dont even feel like he is stronger just more conditional
This is how I would rework him
Explanation of those changes E used to have a higher range and back then brand was so much SMOOTHER I cant even describe it to you how good it felt to have all abilities of similar range.
Some notes.
By increasing E range Q>E combo at 90% or more range would stun if you cast it fast since e would hit enemy before q. Today this combo is possible but really incosistent so none even tries it
This would also Make his W>Q Q>W combos smoother
Why would I change this ? Because brand has just few viable combos and this Opens up AOE COMBO which would be R>E>W
I am sure Any brand main knows that would be epic. You would instantly spread ablaze from the the centered target (With R>E) and then hit them with pillar (W)
Because lets face it if you want to do an aoe combo on multiple people in 99.5 % cases you are forced to lead with W and then you lose out so much on dmg Its kinda ridicilus that AOE COMBO mage Aka brand DOESNT have proper satisfying combo which makes sense (Due to ablaze passives)
Those would be most important changes I would definetly do If I were reworking
I would also test some other stuff like making extra ablaze effects have an equal value. Because lets face it 2 second stun duration used to outclass other ablaze effects like spread and extra damage. So I would mostlikely tune duration to what is at live 1.5 and maybe add some effects
The fact that ablazed targets just take extra damage from w is kinda boring. I would atleast add some animation for the sake of clarity and cool aspect
Anyway I think Brand rework from Riot WAS COMPLETE failure it didnt improve the character at all (DONT GIVE A FK ABOUT POWER LEVEL as far as I am concered its the same)
I am dissapointed in anyone who thinks that was good rework
I dont even want to talk about how they nerfed frost queen mana regen. I used to build this on brand and 1600-1700 gold from game while the item acted like a mini nomicon ... which would accelerate my build and give me rylai > lyandri asap while fixing some brand problems like cdr and mana regen
And I was building frost queen on mid brand actually...
You keep saying his moves are the same when they are not. W is the only skill that did not get a base damage nerf.
