Brand Has so many problems that I cant even think of a Brand new Joke
Lets take a look what Riot though Brand should be and what he actually is
**First of all As a High elo Midlane Main with 200 games on brand I think I know what I am talking about. **
**Brand was DESIGNED to be a combo mage with tons of aoe damage. He also has that %hp passive... **
Brand issues
-Mana hungry -Short to medium range (That E range nerf was horrible, yeah I remember it) -NO Mobility On top of having stupidly long cast times (As a syndra main this feels so bad ..) -Extremly item dependent. You have to rush Rylai and lyandri On a champion which requires cdr and mana regen. So if you build like that when are you going to get rabadon ? As a 5th item? Seriously Brand stupid Dot passive eats his power budget so bad. IF mana regen runes were good this wouldnt be a problem -REALLY CONDITIONAL AOE DAMAGE which is underwelming even if you hit everything -Somehow pathetic waweclear for a mage (which is funny since he is aoe mage) -Combo mage ? As a Le bl main I laught to this since Le bl is fine example of a champion with tons of viable combos
Seriously what are brand strenghts?
-High aoe damage? Well you would think so But for example syndra does more aoe damage on top of having singletargeted burst -Range? YES sure he has bigger range then garen -Waveclear? Ehm He must group all the minions in one place and then take them out with w > e which is pathetic -What about 2 second stun? It requires setup and syndra has aoe stun which can pick off from 1300 range. Also cleanse qss -But what about passive %hp? Well that passive is the reason why he has meh scallings and base dmg while having quite high cooldowns. And trust me 8% hp as magic dmg is nothing much since at 100 ressist it becomes 4% of max hp. Seriously you guys see %hp dmg and think its OP. (There is a reason why none built madreds bloodrazor except ww )
**Brand is Curently outclassed by Syndra Xerath and Viktor by far **
**But what about brand support? ** Yeah lets pick a champion which depends on items so bad while all he offers is a conditional stun -.-. But he Makes lots of money with spellthiefs !!!. Yeah you wont earn over 1200 gold with brand (Mostlikely it ll be 500)... and you are still a support So sighstone + 2 items ll be your lategamebuild.
But brand winrate is actually good? EDITED since people got confused
-Yeah his winrate is good but his pickrate is pathetic which pretty much explains his winrate since he is mostly played by brand mains . All the rest figured out that he is outclassed by so many mages so they stoped maining him
Brand is certainly not viable enough . When was the last time you saw him in compettetive play? Like 2 years ago right? He is outclassed by to many mages ...
Does Riot have any plans for brand? He excells at nothing while being underwelming at everything He needs a rework so he can fullfill the aoe combo mage fantasy...
OP, Redmercy approves
Kappa
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