[2.4b] Brand Guide - Light em up, burn them down! Brand support guide
Light em up, burn them down! Brand support guide
Pros
- Has good poke and damage
- His damage is max health damage for the most part, so he doesn't need many items to be relevant
- Has a 1.5 stun
- Incredible teamfight potential
- THIS GUY IS ON FIREEEEEEE
Cons
- Very squishy with low base armor and magic resist
- Has no mobility - easily gankable
- Has no shields and heals as a support, making him a pure damage support.
- His ult is bad against single targets
- Probably has a hard time peeing XD
Brand Build
Best Build Guide for Brand
Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
Getting Boots of Speed early will allow you to get in and out of poke range easily, and also avoid getting jumped on and helping your jungler if needed early in the game. I would rush my first boots right away, taking Ionian Boots of Lucidity paired with Redeeming Enchant . You can be more diverse in terms of boots items, I just really REALLY love redemption :)
Your probably wondering why I'm not including Sapphire Crystal as a first item and why Tear of the Goddess are nowhere to be seen. This is because we will be combining the bonus mana from Manaflow Band and Luden's Echo to give us a good amount of mana without having to rely on getting a tear. Once the two are fully stacked, you should have 600 bonus mana, which is more then enough to sustain you, as long as you don't throw your skills non-stop like a dumbo.
The next two items which are Liandry's Torment and Rylai's Crystal Scepter . The first is taken because the burn-over time from [brand:passive] will keep triggering it, while the magic damage from every one of Brand 's skills will turn the enemy team into burning turtles who can't move an inch.
With the two remaining slots that you have, your free to make your own judgement. Take Morellonomicon to counter heals, Void Staff for tanks and Rabadon's Deathcap for lots of damage.
Brand Runes
Best Runes for Brand
Triggering Electrocute with brand is very simple, and it will do a lot of damage during all stages of the game. Taking Weakness combined with the slows or stuns that brand can inflict will turn the enemy team to a weakness fiesta for your own. Bone Plating can save your life in a pinch, and Manaflow Band will provide you with mana without having to rely on mana items.
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points
Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Combos
Learn how to maximize the champions potential
The basic poke-stun-burst combo. Can be used easily on lane.
During a teamfight, this will be your all in combo. Try to set as many enemies ablaze with Pillar Of Flame , then follow up with Pyroclasm for the extra slow and faster stacks, and use Conflagration to finish the job, as ablazed enemies will increase its radius.
You can combine [flash] with [brand:1] to extand the range. Use this to surprise enemies and stun them from far.
Brand Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters
Its rather easy to bully Senna in laning, and her healing is not sufficient to heal your poke.
How to be on-fire
1. Always start your pokes and engages with Pillar Of Flame , as it has the most range and AOE.
2. NEVER use Pyroclasm only on one enemy unless its to finish him off. Your ult will only bounce if there are nearby targets.
3. You can also use your own body to bounce Pyroclasm , just make sure no one is around to kill you while your doing it.
4. Brand shines the best when the enemy is grouped in one spot - be patient when throwing your skills at once.
4.You might want to hold on to Sear to stop an engaging enemy.
5.Brand can burst down jungle objectives VERY quick, so if you have time to steal an enemy camp - do it.
6. Keep yourself burned and hyped, but remember to also be cool from time to time :)
The results you can get
Yup, you can get there too :)