mage Update basicly did nothing for Brand

Poske··5 votes·872 views

Keep in mind Brand was originaly designed to be AOE COMBO Mage

There were so many ways how to make Brand better champion that I am dissapointed

**Combo count didnt increase at all ** -There were so many ways to increase the ammount of viable combos brand has and I ll give you few examples

Extra combo example 1: Imagine the same Brand ulti who also has one bonus effect which is an instant small dmg on the target you use it . This would make R>E>W viable aoe combo and the best aoe combo which is how it should be

All brand players know that Brand aoe combo nowdays IS W>E/R which is meh because they dont take increased dmg from W. And they also have to wait for w to hurt anyone before they can e ... Feels really WRONG

Extra combo example 2: Just Increase Brand E range by 50 Guess what QE combo where q still stuns becomes viable. E>Q would be still superior if an enemy is close. YAY!!! Why didnt THey do that? Not only this change would increase the combo count It would also make Brand more fluid as a champion Because his E range compared to his other abilities is kinda to short

But guess what Riot did. They decided to add a ticking circles after you burn an enemy 3 times. There are multiple issues with this. **Biggest one is Keeping track of how_ hot _enemy is **

Overall I am dissapointed );

Brand ll still easly outclass or be outclassed by any other mage

8 Comments

VG Crows2 votes

I completely agree with you, thanks for creating the post. They say they lowered his ability to eliminate single targets but from what I personally see, his ability to do so has become even easier thanks to the stacking passive. They also promised to remove the luck factor in the way Brand delivers damage (basically Pyroclasm's bounce mechanic is the main issue here) and have a look at his Q and E - E in particular because it is the spell which Blaze bonus you can sacrifice all day long, it's useless outside waveclear purposes, and a super-boring ability as well - but leave W alone

These changes were supposed to make Brand more of a combo mage than he is now, add more possibilities to comboing and stacking abilities. Another thing they wanted to adress is Brand's reliance on buying Rylai's for CC.

What Riot did instead they scrapped his idea as a combo mage, left every basic ability the same added a little amount of CC on his ult and made him a one-spell-rotation teamfight mage. Which is absolutely NOT what Brand was supposed to become after the changes.

And you know, adding BASICALLY THE SAME CC RYLAI'S PROVIDES but just a little bit earlier in the game on Brand's ultimate doesn't remove it's luck factor. At all.

"Well, you wanted to keep Pillar of Flame the same so we did that, along with the other kit as well :^)" - Rito

Adding more damage output but keeping champion's problems the same is not a way to actually "change" a champion. IMHO Riot got super - lazy with Brand.

As a dedicated Brand main, I am, just like you, heavily dissappointed.

Poske1 votes

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I completely agree with you, thanks for creating the post. They say they lowered his ability to eliminate single targets but from what I personally see, his ability to do so has become even easier thanks to the stacking passive. They also promised to remove the luck factor in the way Brand delivers damage (basically Pyroclasm's bounce mechanic is the main issue here) and have a look at his Q and E - E in particular because it is the spell which Blaze bonus you can sacrifice all day long, it's useless outside waveclear purposes, and a super-boring ability as well - but leave W alone

These changes were supposed to make Brand more of a combo mage than he is now, add more possibilities to comboing and stacking abilities. Another thing they wanted to adress is Brand's reliance on buying Rylai's for CC.

What Riot did instead they scrapped his idea as a combo mage, left every basic ability the same added a little amount of CC on his ult and made him a one-spell-rotation teamfight mage. Which is absolutely NOT what Brand was supposed to become after the changes.

And you know, adding BASICALLY THE SAME CC RYLAI'S PROVIDES but just a little bit earlier in the game on Brand's ultimate doesn't remove it's luck factor. At all.

"Well, you wanted to keep Pillar of Flame the same so we did that, along with the other kit as well :^)" - Rito

Adding more damage output but keeping champion's problems the same is not a way to actually "change" a champion. IMHO Riot got super - lazy with Brand.

As a dedicated Brand main, I am, just like you, heavily dissappointed.

Hm I actually really like his build path (including rylai interactions) so Its kinda sad they dont want him to be rylai reliant As a mid brand main

Frost queen > Rylai > Lyandri > rabadon Also got some specific brand runes which are odd but I can guarantee they work (:

Glad we agree (:

runedara1 votes

I don't like that he still has a random ult. That fucks you in a lot of places.

Lord Azır1 votes

Brand E has a short range so he can't just be picked as support and spam E on cooldown to get item 3303 stacks while also doing tons of dmg

Poske1 votes

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Brand E has a short range so he can't just be picked as support and spam E on cooldown to get item 3303 stacks while also doing tons of dmg

Sure thats the reason (;

There wasnt even spellthief when they nerfed his e range

Brand was way more fluid with bigger e range so I am actually speaking from experience

MegaManYYZ1 votes

you haven't played a second of gameplay with the new brand and you think he's a disappointment already??

Poske1 votes

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you haven't played a second of gameplay with the new brand and you think he's a disappointment already??

He is literaly the same except clock ticking passive explosions

They could do so much more with him so yes I am satisfied

Anomander1 votes

Yeah no it didn't do anything......Just massively increased his aoe damage making him even better as a support.......

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