Brand Build Guide by th3muf1nman

Items

Starting with Kage's Lucky Pick jump starts your build and is an ingredient in a later item, making it practical for the start. Next get Ionian Boots of Lucidity bringing cooldown to 25%. now you want your AP, which comes from Rabadon's Death Cap. This is where you start getting ganked, so build your health(with slowing effect on the side) using Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Time for an extra attack, you want a Deathfire Grasp maxing your cooldown reduction at 40%(the max the game will allow) with its' nice true damage active(don't forget to hotkey it!). Again we're getting another attack, this one super powerful with your now high AP; shoot for a Lich Bane. By now everyone should be scared of you and will have built some magic resistance, counter it with your final item; a Void Staff.

Runes

Runes
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration 9	Greater Seal of Gold 9	Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power 9	Greater Quintessence of Gold 3

Masteries

Masteries
4/4	4/4	1/1	3/3	1/1	4/1	3/3	4/2	2/3	3/3	1/1

Skill Sequence

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Pillar of Flame

Sear

Blaze

Conflagration

Pillar of Flame

Sear

Pyroclasm

Summoner Spells

Heal may seem like a nooby spell to use but is very essential to survival when getting ganked. Ignite has many uses: nullifying heals, catching runners, or just for extra damage.

Summary

By now you have 7 ways to deal extreme damage to opponents. You've got your 4 abilities, the Ignite summoner spell, Lich Bane's passive, and Deathfire Grasp's active. All of this makes Brand on the overall a total nuke, beware opponents! Just remember to utilize all that power! Get Tenacity if you're getting silenced too often to unload all your power!( Mercury's Treads)

Combo Attacks

I would like to explain the order in which to use your spells for maximum damage and efficiency and for the useful Blaze bonus that adds to your spells.

1v1:
Conflagration to start your Blaze bonus, Sear to stun them, Pillar of Flame to utilize that stun, a basic attack to get your Lich Bane passive damage, then Deathfire Grasp, Ignite, and Pyroclasm are free to pick up the kill if need be.

Team Fight:
Unlike a 1v1, start by using Pyroclasm. Then use Conflagration to get its area effect from Blaze. Now nuke the crowd with Pillar of Flame, they should all be a Blaze and take extra damage from this. Now you can target individuals with Sear, Ignite, Deathfire Grasp, and Lich Bane.

Alternatives

Builds
1.If you are getting fed up with the constant ganks, Mercury's Treads are a choice instead of Ionian Boots of Lucidity.
2.If you are tired of having a mana problem early game, you could switch from Kage's Lucky Pick to starting off with building Mercury's Treads first, then shooting for a Fiendish Codex, and immediately afterwards, a Morello's Evil Tome, but then Deathfire Grasp wouldn't be required so replace it with a Will of the Ancients.
3.I realize Deathfire Grasp and Lich Bane are odd choices, I only use them for the two extra high damage attacks. If you'd like you have the choice to replace them with Mejai's Soulstealer, Abyssal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, or Odyn's Veil.

Masteries
1.If you don't like getting Greed , you can take just two points in Swiftness then take Transmutation , Runic Affinity , and Awareness .

Masteries
4/4	4/4	1/1	3/3	1/1	4/1	3/3	3/4	1/1	4/1	3/3	1/1

Mental Force

Sorcery

Arcane Knowledge

Havoc

Blast

Archmage

Executioner

Expanded Mind

Improved Recall

Swiftness

Meditation

Masteries
4/4	4/4	1/1	3/2	4/1	4/3	1/4	3/3	1/1	2/1	3/3

Clarity

Heal

Flash

Heal

Runes
Greater Seal of Magic Resist 9	Greater Seal of Mana Regeneration 9	Greater Quintessence of Ability Power 3

Thanks jhoijhoi!

jhoijhoi's "Making a guide" taught me to code, and every millimeter of it you see in here is credited to her! I literally had her coding instruction open on another tab the whole time I was making this guide! Thanks again!