Brand — LoL Classic counters & build

Who beats Brand in League of Legends: Classic, who Brand beats, and the Season 3 items, runes and masteries to run mid, support. Patch 26.17.

Brand is weak against

Akali mid
Shroud dodges your skillshot chain and she kills you at 6.
Kassadin mid
Magic shield eats your combo and Riftwalk closes on you after 6.
Katarina mid
If your stun misses she resets on you and you have no escape at all.

Brand is strong against

Karthus mid
Your burst kills him through the channel and you clear as fast as he does.
Rammus jungle
Magic burst that your entire itemisation does nothing about.
Ryze mid
You outrange his combo and the stun punishes every approach he makes.

Brand Season 3 build

Start:

Doran's RingHealth Potion ×2

Core:

Liandry's TormentRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Liandry's burn stacks with your passive ablaze damage over the whole teamfight.

Brand rune page

9× Mark of Magic Penetration9× Seal of Armor9× Glyph of Scaling Ability Power3× Quintessence of Ability Power

Flat magic penetration is the strongest first-blood stat in Season 3 - base MR is only 30 at level 1, so 9 marks strip a fifth of it. Scaling AP glyphs beat flat ones from about level 9.

Brand masteries

21/9/0 Offense. Archmage multiplies your whole AP curve, and Arcane Knowledge stacks with magic penetration marks.

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