In League of Legends, there are always champions that annoy the community because they are super strong, seen in every game, or simply considered unfair. Currently, the object of hatred is the champion Brand, who performs incredibly well.
How good is Brand currently? Brand is a champion who has been in the game since 2011 and was primarily played as support. For some time now, however, he is being played almost everywhere except on the top lane, and even successfully.
If you look at the current statistics for all ranks on U.GG, Brand performs quite well.
- Brand in the jungle has a win rate of 51.5 %
- Brand on the mid lane has a win rate of 52.11 %
- Brand as bot lane has a win rate of 53.58 %
- Brand as support has a win rate of 50.86 %
- Brand as top laner has 49.55 %
In this context, the incredibly high value as an APC stands out, making him the best bot laner in the game in terms of win rate. Interestingly, the support role with 50.86 % is his second-worst after the top lane.
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Players are fed up
Why is Brand so strong? A major aspect of his success is his simple game design. His abilities, except for the Q ability, are quite easy to hit, and his passive ability allows for an easy clear in the jungle and enormous damage in fights. His ultimate is useful in every team fight and also helps activate the passive ability. The synergy with the item Blackfire Torch is really good and works on all lanes.
The community on reddit is now tired of having to see Brand in every match.
- Petudie:
Nothing annoys me more than the damn Brand
- SCYZERZ:
We can talk about 100 things, but the reality is just one: Right now, Brand is GIGA OP and at the same time DAMN EASY. Nothing more and nothing less.
- Tall_Hunter8617:
Brand is absolutely broken, his hitboxes are much larger than they seem, the damage he deals is insane, and he can spam abilities without running out of mana
Many do not necessarily see the abilities themselves as a problem, but rather the synergy with items like Rylais Crystal Scepter or Liandry’s Anguish.
Will anything change? It is very likely that Brand will be nerfed soon. In the last patch, he was already weakened, and since he is still doing so well, one can assume that more nerfs will follow. Besides Brand, the community is also disturbed by soft-inter, which Riot wants to address. What exactly falls under this can be found here: Lol: Bad players fear being banned – Riot clarifies who really has to be afraid.
