I don't get the Brand hate.*

*I'd have to preface this by saying that I'm not sure what this situation is like in high elos. I'm speaking from a lower elo perspective.

Brand is an incredibly easy to deal with champion. He's got no mobility, he needs to hit his combo to do anything, sure his scaling can be dumb but that's an easy fix. Compare him to a champ that some people think is an outright troll pick as a support: Ziggs.

CC/Peel: With Brand, you've got to hit two of his abilities to stun people, and it has to be after you hit an initial one. Ziggs can instantly CC you, and even knock you towards his ADC. He's got two abilities in his kit that allows for CC.

Poke: Sure, Brand's W can offer more damage and is harder to escape, but Ziggs can poke much more often, and even has an empowered auto that encourages poking with it.

Escaping yourself and preventing other's escapes: Brand has no mobility and has to rely on hitting his stun to escape. Ziggs can knock himself back with his W to create a little more space. If someone's trying to get away from Brand, he has to rely again on his stun to catch people out. Ziggs can knock himself forwards and Q people, and he has his ult which can destroy anyone in lane trying to back, as well as past the laning phase.

Damage: I'd argue that Brand and Ziggs can be pretty equal on this regard. One of the ways that Brand beats Ziggs is in teamfights, but Ziggs still has many abilities that can influence a teamfight. His W is also amazing as a support ability, allowing for towers to come down extra quick with you and your ADC both attacking them.

Health: They're both mages, and are incredibly squishy as a result. Ziggs has much more in his kit to deal with that sort of thing than Brand does, however. As far as playing against them, they both cause you to die in lane as they're AP supports and that's their point. How would Ziggs be less annoying to play against than Brand?

I just don't see why he gets so much hate in particular when there's other AP picks, even ones that are considered trolling, that could do the same job.