Brand's standard build mainly aims to keep value through the whole fight. It needs to give him enough sustained damage and enough control to punish grouped teams.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Brand build (Mid Lane): Liandry's Torment › Rabadon's Deathcap › Malignance › Riftmaker › Blackfire Torch, boots Boots of Mana, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Magic penetration build targeting enemy resistances. Pick this if the enemy stacks magic resist.
15,200 total cost +200gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,200 total cost +200g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Fizz
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Irelia
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Yasuo
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Akshan
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Best Brand build (Support): Black Mist Scythe › Imperial Mandate › Rabadon's Deathcap › Cryptbloom › Infinity Orb, boots Boots of Mana, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
12,500 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Utility build, maximizes support provided to your carry.
11,100 total cost -1400g
Allied carry to protect: Shyvana, Aurelion Sol.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
11,200 total cost -1300g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Blitzcrank
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Braum
Mikael's Blessing
Long crowd control
Thresh
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Pyke
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Brand does not win fights by deleting a target but by dealing constant damage to the entire enemy team. His build must amplify every damage tick and extend fights to maximize passive spread.
Amplifying Tome
burn on the passive Blaze, double DoT devastating
Executes low-health targets already burning via Blaze passive
AP max for amplifier the explosion of passive Blaze
Sorcerer's Shoes
Stasis
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Q stun + W + E combo triggers Electrocute on a target burning instantly.
Triggered by Flash or an aggressive reposition — the true damage rides on the E-Q-W combo that follows.
Your bouncing ults collect teamfight kills — each takedown pumps AP into the next conflagration.
A takedown-heavy support — the AP stacks fast and pushes your passive burn over kill thresholds.
Reduces CDs to chain combos Q+W burning plus frequently.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Morellonomicon
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Morellonomicon
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Transcendence
Bone Plating
