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Brand

Mid · Support

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Classic loadouts

Builds for Brand

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Abilities

P
Blaze CostNo CostCD0s

Brand's spells light his targets Ablaze, dealing 8% of their max Health in magic damage over 4 seconds.

8% of their max Health
Q
Sear Cost50 ManaCD8 / 7.5 / 7 / 6.5 / 6s

Brand launches a ball of fire forward that deals 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 magic damage. Blaze: If the target is Ablaze, Sear will Stun the target for 2 seconds. (+65% AP)

80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240+65% AP
W
Pillar of Flame Cost70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ManaCD10s

After a short delay, Brand creates a pillar of flame at a target area, dealing 75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 255 magic damage to enemy units within the area. Blaze: Pillar of Flame deals 93.75 / 150 / 206.25 / 262.5 / 318.75 magic damage to units that are Ablaze instead. (+60% AP)

75 / 120 / 165 / 210 / 25593.75 / 150 / 206.25 / 262.5 / 318.75+60% AP+75% AP
E
Conflagration Cost70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ManaCD12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8s

Brand conjures a powerful blast at his target, dealing 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 magic damage. Blaze: If the target is Ablaze, Conflagration spreads to nearby enemies. (+55% AP)

70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210+55% AP
R
Pyroclasm Ultimate Cost100 ManaCD105 / 90 / 75s

Brand unleashes a devastating torrent of fire, dealing 150 / 250 / 350 magic damage each time it bounces up to 5 bounces. Blaze: If a target is Ablaze, Pyroclasm will prioritize champions for the next bounce. (+50% AP)

150 / 250 / 350+50% AP

How Brand plays

Editorial Reading of the kit above, not a sourced claim - the numbers inside it were checked against the client before publishing.

Brand's whole identity is the burn. Blaze sets anything he hits ablaze for damage over time, and every other spell in his kit gets meaningfully stronger against a target that's already burning: Sear becomes a stun instead of just damage, Pillar of Flame hits harder, Conflagration spreads to nearby enemies instead of staying single target. That means his combo isn't really about doing the most damage possible in one spell, it's about lighting someone up first and then choosing whichever follow-up punishes it hardest. Pyroclasm ties it together as a bouncing ultimate that prioritizes burning targets, which in a grouped fight can chain through an entire team. He has real mana costs across the board, so extended trading in lane isn't free, but a single good rotation against a burning target does more damage than his tooltip numbers suggest at a glance.

Counters & matchups

Pillar of Flame and Pyroclasm decimate grouped bot duos and immobile mid laners; dive assassins (Kassadin) and displacement hooks (Blitzcrank) punish his lack of escape.

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"In lane" means both champions are played in the same role in Classic; "across the map" represents cross-lane dynamics (e.g. jungler ganks, roaming supports). All matchups evaluated strictly within the 63 Classic launch champions.

What Brand's kit scales with

Read from Brand's ability text.

Resource ManaMana and mana regen apply
Range Ranged550 units

Ability ratios

Q Sear +65% AP
W Pillar of Flame +60% AP+75% AP
E Conflagration +55% AP
R Pyroclasm +50% AP

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Skins · 6

Catalog and art read directly from the client files (build 18848366a9cb) - exactly the skins the client lists for Brand, including the Classic throwback skins with their era models. © Riot Games.

Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Brand
Cryocore Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Cryocore Brand
Zombie Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Zombie Brand
Debonair Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Debonair Brand
Prestige Debonair Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Prestige Debonair Brand
Empyrean Brand loading screen from the Classic client
Empyrean Brand

Modern vs Classic · 8 tracked changes

Brand

Base Health 570 456
Health per level 105 76
Base Mana 469 295
Base Attack Damage 57 55
Base Armor 24 19.5
Armor per level 4.2 3.5
Base Attack Speed 0.681 0.625
Attack Speed per level 2% 1.36%
Classic: the Classic client's files · Today: patch 16.14.1.

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