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When it comes to other runes you generally want to tailor your runes to your own playstyle. If you find yourself being a passive farmer you may want to swap out the armor seals for

Again, you are still not as versatile as bruisers so if you swap runes make sure they're focused on dealing more damage or surviving lane, not out-tanking your opponent.
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Blaze:
Brand's abilities set his targets ablaze upon damaging them, dealing 8% of their maximum health as magic damage over 4 seconds (capped at 320 against monsters), and empowering his abilities against them.
Great passive forBrand because it enables you to do damage without much damage items. A lot of
Brands damage comes from his passive and no one actually realizes this. Obviously knowing how long your targets are set ablaze for is crucial for landing your abilities.
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Sear:
Brand launches a fireball in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy it hits.
MAGIC DAMAGE: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 65% AP)
If the target is ablaze, they are stunned for 2 seconds.
Simple one point wonder. While it does have the highest AP ratio, it is also extremely unreliable to hit because of its slow speed and short range compared to other skillshots. On the bright side, with 40% CDR,Sear basically becomes a free stun every 5 seconds. You must learn how to land the fireball because the stun can mean life or death for you.
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Pillar of Flame:
ACTIVE: After a 0.625-second delay, Brand makes the target area erupt in flame, dealing magic damage to enemies within.
MAGIC DAMAGE: 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 (+ 60% AP)
If the target is ablaze, Pillar of Flame deals 25% additional damage.
ENHANCED MAGIC DAMAGE: 93.75 / 150 / 206.25 / 262.50 / 318.75 (+ 75% AP)
Brand's most important skill. The fact that
Pillar of Flame does a boatload of damage is already a good enough reason to max it first. Coupled with the fact that you can hit people behind minions or hit multiple people at once without setting them ablaze, makes
Pillar of Flame the #1 skill for you to max.
A common full damage combo would beConflagration ->
Sear ->
Pillar of Flame. This stuns the opponent, allowing you to hit them with an empowered
Pillar of Flame.
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Conflagration:
ACTIVE: Brand sets the target enemy aflame, dealing magic damage.
MAGIC DAMAGE: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 55% AP)
If the target is ablaze, Conflagration also spreads to enemies around the target.
Conflagration is maxed second because of the fact that while it is guaranteed damage (point and click), it is also the ability with the shortest range in
Brands arsenal, along with a subpar AP ratio. With
Rylai's Crystal Scepter, this ability becomes basically a free 40% slow.
Also a cool thing to note is that you can clear minions byPillar of Flame ->
Conflagration.
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Pyroclasm:
ACTIVE: Brand launches a fireball at the target enemy that bounces between nearby enemies up to four times, dealing magic damage each time.
MAGIC DAMAGE: 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 50% AP)
If the target is ablaze, Pyroclasm's next bounce prioritizes enemy champions.
A niche ultimate with a high potential of damage. The key thing to do here is to cast it when two champions are grouped together. This is why skirmishes withBrand usually don't end well. However, this ultimate is known for being unreliable because it may bounce to nearby minions. As such, you may want to set the target ablaze first if it is an option.




Why not


First of all taking



![]() I prefer these boots over sorcs purely because you can get 40% CDR without having to use runes for it. If you needed magic pen ![]() |
![]() It's your choice if you want to use these boots. But keep in mind that flat magic pen sucks later on while CDR is good all game. |
![]() If you buy this at the right time this item is actually broken as **** against assassins. |
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![]() Not recommended because it limits your damage potential. But the bubble is good if your teamfights get messy due to the fact that it may block a random AOE stun from the likes of ![]() |
![]() This is usually bad but on the off-chance you're against a ![]() ![]() |

I don't know why so many people buy this item on


1. He's not a skill spammer like

2. The item is severely outclassed by

3. It gives you defensive stats which is a waste of gold. Most mages get defensive items with benefits to their damage.
4. The upgrade,

5.




Good item but there is usually no room for it.



Great item to finish off your build if you are in no danger of being dived. Makes



Complete waste on




Decent item but it would take you forever to get it. Double dorans would net you the same mana efficiency except with HP and damage.

Nope.
Easy champs:





Kat loses to













If you don't play ***** you win. Liss sucks against



This matchup is easy as hell because


TF has no mobility and mana issues early game so you can generally bully him. If you don't snowball however, he's just going to become a farm bot, while out-pushing and out-roaming you.

While




While Zyra has the superior utility and range, it's also super predictable and require almost no effort to dodge. If their


Even or challenging lanes:




The good thing about


Smart

















Annoying and stereotypical ''i'll save the world'' champion. This lane basically becomes a farm lane unless the


While














The good thing here is that


Boring farm lane.


Same as

Hard lanes:

The snake woman counters you pretty hard because her harass does a **** ton of damage and gives her movespeed so she can dodge your skills. She also kits you super hard with her E and she does not need to get in position to stun you unlike your



Pre-6 this lane is easy but when she hits 6 it is so easy for




Anti-mage.







Not only does








You can harass



Holy mother of god




While










What I do in this lane is take




Oh look an energy assassin who has 3 blinks and invulnerability with a super nuke Q. This champion is clearly balanced.

Impossible difficulty:

If you see this guy you might as well AFK.


Game over.


Start with










Don't upgrade your




Max

Otherwise, support





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