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the Burning Vengeance

Brand Mid build & stats

MageSupport A 251 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
54.2%
Pick rate
0.9%
Ban rate
3.9%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
3,000 gold
9,000 gold
72.7% WR 11 games

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
900 gold
58.3% 24 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
58.3% WR
84 games · 33% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
76.9% 13 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Brand

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Brand wins 54.2% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (251 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment — 54% win rate over 48 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 80% of games with a 55% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Malzahar (77% over 13 games). Hardest: Zed (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Brand scales: 59% win rate after 35 minutes versus 39% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
54.2% WR
48 games · 19% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
72.7% WR
11 games · 4% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
72.7% WR
11 games · 4% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
54.9% WR
204 games · 81% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
58.3% WR
24 games · 10% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
83.3% WR
6 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
78.9% 8% (19)
78.6% 6% (14)
75.0% 2% (4)
61.0% 16% (41)
60.0% 2% (5)
58.9% 22% (56)
58.1% 79% (198)
57.9% 65% (164)
53.5% 68% (170)
52.9% 7% (17)
50.0% 2% (4)
42.9% 3% (7)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
58.3% WR
84 games · 33% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
52.0% WR
25 games · 10% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Presence of Mind Coup de Grace
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
42.9% WR
14 games · 6% pick
Dark Harvest Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Treasure Hunter Manaflow Band Scorch

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 55.2%80% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 50.0%11% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 64.7%7% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 0.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.1%54% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 57.7%31% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 41.2%7% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PBlaze

    Brand's spells light his targets ablaze, dealing damage over 4 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. If Brand kills an enemy while it is ablaze he regains mana. When Blaze reaches max stacks on a Champion or large monster, it...

  • QSear

    Brand launches a ball of fire forward that deals magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Sear will stun the target.

  • WPillar of Flame

    After a short delay, Brand creates a Pillar of Flame at a target area, dealing magic damage to enemy units within the area. Units that are ablaze take an additional 25% damage.

  • EConflagration

    Brand conjures a powerful blast at his target that spreads to nearby enemies, dealing magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Conflagration's spread is doubled.

  • RPyroclasm

    Brand unleashes a devastating torrent of fire that bounces up to 5 times off of Brand and nearby enemies, dealing magic damage to enemies each time bounce. Bounces prioritize stacking Blaze to max on Champions. If a targ...