NERF BRAND
Brand win rate 51.58% pick rate 5.19% in Support role for over 1 year now but still no nerfs??
Brand has not recieved any Nerfs to his damage since his mini-mage rework....
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I think it is funny in patch 8.1 they just doubled his passive damage for no reason because he was doing a little bit worse with the rune changes and everything, but it was because people who sucked at the champion but played him cause he was super broken before lowered his win rate. Then he gets this huge buff and he just sky rockets up in win rate. Riot confuses me sometimes like oh lets give some one 5 ad maybe that will be too much, but then lets double someones passive damage that is percent health.
Brand broken? Better apply some Sona nerfs.
Oh boy. Brand is not only being played as a sup now but as an AP carry too. Seriously, he deals so much damage and zones you that it doesn't matter if you take ranged or bulky melee champion, he'll still make BBQ out of you. Mm, crispy!
Over a year? Patch 8.1 was when his passive was buffed and he became strong and that's 6 months go. Before that his win rate was below 50.
https://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/patch/patch-81-notes
Since then he has been in a good spot and right now is in a perfectly healthy state. He is definitely one of the best mage support to go bot lane but the fact that 
are still more played and have more or less equal winrate means that in no way is he overpowered.
I'd rather they adjust his kit so he isn't as oppressive of a support pick and instead more viable mid.
Brand is fine.
I don't get it. That's not exactly anything broken statistically.
51% lel
It's funny because he's not even good
Play leona, hit level 2/3, all in, free lane.
I hate him so much , but I'd rather play against him more than 
5% pick rate is pretty low to judge on imbalance. This just means that the ones who otp/abuse him play him well.
can melt even tanks at lvl 3.. eqw + ignite= anyone gets melted... i mained him until he became so busted with last buff i was too ashamed of myself to play him anymore. his waveclear isnt bad.. early game start ludens.... a couple autos on the cannon and one W in the center = rip entire wave. everyone in every elo knows hes wayyyyy too busted yet hes been ignored/overlooked every patch for a season and a half now.... disgusting. build liandrys and wait for a cluster.. press w then r.. rip enemy team better all have stopwatches ready. anyone who tries to argue he isnt beyond busted is either flat out ignorant, wants to keep taking advantage of his over-inflation, or just likes to argue for the sake of arguing at this point. numbers dont lie, graphs dont lie, stats dont lie. he needs nerfing.
Brand has a negative win-rate against almost every poke support in the game (Sona, Nami, Zyra, Soraka, Velkoz, Morgana, Fiddle all wreck his shit). Why are you playing tanks into him and then complaining when he melts you?
https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/platinum/plus/champion/Brand/Support/
Its not rocket science.
No, not at all. Brand is fine the way he is atm. His lack of movility and proper way of wave clearing is balanced with some raw damage, althought its not actual burst but DOT. I do prefer being against brand than, dunno, the real overpowered picks on the meta: Zed, Zoe...
As a Brand main in mid lane and support secondary. Lets look at his bad points firstly and weigh out his pros and cons to fully analyse this champion properly;
Cons: High mana cost High cooldowns which makes his skill shots incredibly precious as if you miss your pretty much dead straight away Highly immobile Poor 1v1 potential Only scales good with magic penetration and very bad AP scale (this also has a massive positive) No protection from aggressive all in's unless you hit that stun Forced to auto attack minions to wave clear until mid/late when you can W-E them if the cs hasn't already been stolen by the adc, jungler or top
Pros: Great late game champion in team fights Can perform well from behind Good base damage if you don't miss Scales decently with magic penetration which is great for tanks and makes Brand AMAZING for this factor (not a top laner though, don't confuse it)
Gameplay
Cons: All your worth is your ult therefore you lack major team fight capabilities. With the current meta and the way things are being directed, Brand will continue to suffer as he gets jumped on and focused all the time. Brand has one of the worst roams in the game and gets caught out very easily or loses his turret very easily as he takes half hour to get back to lane.
Positives: Your all in can really change the game in a team fight but your most likely going to die doing this, more team fights than not you will result in death. High base damage, this is your only way to win lane. Baron revenge!!! Brand can contest the baron and drake well with his all in (very high fun factor)
Changes to be considered: Change his passive, sure! As a Brand main I don't like his passive anyway, not entirely satisfying. I suggest keeping his burn, magic penetration so he can still kill those pesky top laner's with all their magic resist; remove explode this doesn't really need to stay and yes it is powerful - substitute his loss here for the less mana cost and lower cooldowns. Lower his mana cost and ability cooldowns, for this champion to farm and save himself he needs some more bullets in his gun
Make his AP scalings decent? no I don't think this is a good idea, I think you should make his magic penetration more powerful and keep his AP low as it is as his potential to kill top laner's is something that makes Brand unique amongst other mid laner's. Another reason being that having high early damage is what is needed for being able to do well and having relatively flat damage is much better than him scaling into a non-existent late game where he is still incredibly easy to kill. AP scale will on ruin this champion and remove his true identity 100%, unless you plan to give him a early head start by making him powerful from lv3. You always need to remember this champ cannot move and has very little to save himself!
Touching on that point "You always need to remember this champ cannot move and has very little to save himself!", at the moment this is ok because his base damage and passive makes up for it and he can still perform well from behind because of it. Ultimately he is still a very bad pick for mid lane, what he was created for and I still love playing him there and would hate to see him removed from mid. Tipping the scales so he becomes a great mid laner and a bad support is a much better idea than making him more support orientated which he currently is right now.
What should Brand be? Tank wrecking, team fighting monster that grows fierce with his fire! Hell yeah!
What should Brand not be? Useless immobile champion that can't perform in his actual role and his only chance to do well is from his ult and passive
P.S if you want to make him this AP scaling champ and basically lose all his true identity, your going to have to rework his entire kit if you don't want to send this champion back in the grave. Work on his magic penetration side and enhance that keeping his true identity and that way you don't need to mess with his kit, just a few adjustments to his passive, cooldowns and mana cost. This way people won't be crying that he is so strong because they are constantly dying to his ult + passive, and the people playing will be happier because they can farm and protect themselves a bit better.
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He isn't urgot don't ruin him please!
Just play Shen into Brand.