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Dark Horses: Support Brand

Creator: LevasK November 30, 2014 3:36am
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By Riot Nakyle




"Welcome to Dark Horses, where we dive deep, looking for your sleeper picks and why they might be ready to wake up. This go round, we're lighting a fire under Support Brand."

Brand-aid

Ignite duo lanes with Brand's signature mix of damage, crowd control and damage. Sustain? That's for wimps. Feed your marksman a ham sandwich and these five facts when they whine about Brand heading to a duo lane.

Dat Base Damage
Supports need either high base damages or built-in utility to reliably succeed. Support Brand's got the former in spades. Playing his level 6 combo to perfection nearly doubles the base damage potential of other "bursty" supports like Annie or Karma. Kill secured.

Easy Spellthief's, easy life

You know what's hot? Brand. You know what takes heat? Coin-making. Support Brand stacks serious change. Blaze, his passive, applies a mark that deals damage-over-time each time you land a spell. Each tick of his passive procs Spellthief's Edge. That means if the Edge is fully charged, you earn 15 gold for landing just one spell.

Stunning

Brand’s coveted stun requires you to land two spells in a row, but we know you can do it: You're the chosen one. Just land Sear, Brand's long-range skillshot after knocking your opponent around with any other spell, and you've landed a stun that lasts longer than a Sona ult.

Pyroclasm makes more sense in a duo lane

In a duo lane, Pyroclasm hits two champions, not one. 2 > 1




Waveclear as Support
You ever try to clear a wave with Nami? Brand's combination of high base damage and AoE spells mean he clears waves and nudges lanes in the right direction when his teammates are too busy doing whatever carries do.


Brand management

Naturally, some of Brand's weaknesses follow him to botlane. He's still immobile, making him eminently dousable for aggressive, tanky supports like Leona. Similarly, shielding supports like Lulu act as effective flame ******ants, blunting the impact of Brand's potent damage.

Brand is predictable
Brand's spells need to combo to stun you forever. Meaning that when he casts one spell, it's easy to sort out what's coming next. Did you just dodge a Sear? His stun is down. Did you just dodge Pillar of Flame? A huge portion of his damage potential is gone. Now, punish him.

Limited mobility
Brand doesn't go anywhere fast, leaving him vulnerable to crowd control. Incidentally, Pillar of Flame can push lanes when Brand's trying to poke. If he's pushing the lane, he's making himself an even juicier target for your jungler.

Brand's spells come all at once
Like we mentioned earlier, Brand's all about the combo. This translates to long stretches of vulnerability during Brand's spell-slinging hangover. If you're still standing, now's the time to counter-attack.


Whether you take him to a solo or duo lane, you can do it on the cheap through December 1. Brand is 440 RP (50% off 880 RP), and Cryocore Brand is 487 RP (50% off 975 RP). In short, yes, we do have your Brand.





Source: http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/community/promotion/dark-horses-support-brand



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"Brand-aid", yikes. The ult would theoretically be good, but everything else's meh. There are champions who do all of that better. I'm kinda wondering why Riot decided to do a post like this, but oh well it's nice I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"Brand-aid", yikes. The ult would theoretically be good, but everything else's meh. There are champions who do all of that better. I'm kinda wondering why Riot decided to do a post like this, but oh well it's nice I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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The gold generation is a good point though. I sometimes run AP Tristana support when I'm bored just for the exact reason that Spellthief's Edge gives you a **** ton of gold from simply using Explosive Shot on an enemy.
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The gold generation is a good point though. I sometimes run AP Tristana support when I'm bored just for the exact reason that Spellthief's Edge gives you a **** ton of gold from simply using Explosive Shot on an enemy.


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Yes, I'm sorry. AP Tristana. I am the kind of person that wants to watch the world burn.

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I prefer support Lissandra...I'm a cold-hearted *****, what can I say?
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Time to avoid normals for a while.

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Joxuu wrote:
Time to avoid normals for a while.


When your adc dc's, but your support brand carries.

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