It's almost funny.
That Brand support tends to pull out more dmg than Brand mid most of the games i see him in.
mages do NOT need to have base dmg. Giving a mage base dmg just moves him to botlane and creates a toxic triple carry comp that is easily supported by a frontliner and in this meta a mage support means double midlane considering the sheer ammount of dmg they provide.
Move away power from his bases and give him real scaling and make him a midlaner again. OR SIMPLY REMOVE HIM from botlane.
I sure as fuck don't wanna have to get an adaptive helm when they got 3 ad champs in their team just because the mage support has 1.5 ap item and a redemption.