Brand or Yorick?

SerAegis·Jul 19, 2015·1 votes·883 views

I have enough to get either but both look equally as fun, Brand fits more into the meta right now and I need more mid laners but I main top and Yorick looks like he's a counter to most top laners I fight

6 Comments

YatsufusåJul 19, 20153 votes

I vote Yorick because whenever he walks into bars, there is no counter.

SerAegisJul 19, 20151 votes

SchenixJul 19, 20151 votes

Brand also fits into the support role, not just mid.

I can't say anything about Yorick because people hardly even talk about his use. All I get is:

His laning is great. His ult is teamfight changing, but that's all he can do in a teamfight, and it's only good if you have a fed ADC (or semi-fed) He has 0 mobility and is therefore camped by jungler. (but good Yorick will go 2 for 1 usually) He serves no practical use in objective control or huge utility until late game. Cannot solo carry, but can duo carry.

Brand's is at least clear.

His ult will roast at least one person to death if you aren't assassinated and hit any other ability. Also does great damage to all targets in teamfight. His burst is insane. His passive is beautiful for poke and hurting tanks. He has a pretty significant stun. His laning is blue buff reliant, or hitting a lot of W's and freezing hard. Carries games.

I would say Brand.

While Yorick has his strengths and won't blow up, he can't blow anyone else up either past the 15 minute mark. Or do significant damage actually. As it progresses into late game, all he is will be poke and teamfight ult (which makes all the difference at that time actually, Brand can be taken down very fast for his squishiness by an assassin who knows how to position or just suicide). Maybe slow a straggler. Decide which qualities you want and pick accordingly.

SerAegisJul 19, 20151 votes

So let's say if I did get brand how would I go about playing him support wise?

SchenixJul 19, 20151 votes

New Brand users? Q - W - E, Max R>W>Q>E

Well versed with Brand? W - Q - E first ranking.

In lane, you basically use your passive to harass. W is a large radius and deals nice damage alongside the passive chunking more. You conserve your mana by alternating Q's when you think you can hit them, with W's for hitting harder.

E-Q-W-R is your hard burst, but you need not always burn it. (ha, burn it) E-Q is good for the stun, and is very effective in stopping ganks as well as securing a kill (or dealing heavy damage) on an out of position support.

Inhabit the bush and claim ownership is one option. Brand's damage output is great, so work with the ADC to secure that dominance of the bush early near you so that you can hit W's with less warning for them as well as make them lose a foothold if they try to push or keep pressure. From there, you can move through the minion wave to harass with Q a few times before going back to the bush and going with W. Alternatively, you may also just be parallel to your ADC and deny the enemy ADC from last hitting the cannon minions.

You basically abuse your passives poke and on an all in, just throw a full combo and watch their health go 100-0 real quick while your ADC either last hits them for the kill or gets an assist. (You can actually solo kill the ADC as well at level 6, and net a double on your own in bot if the support is also squishy.) However, Brand support should be picked only if you lack any AP and/or already have a tank on the team.

SerAegisJul 19, 20151 votes

Thanks,if more people vote for Brand i'll be sure to try Brand support out.