Bard vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Bard
based on 6,137 Bard vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Brand
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Bard vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Bard versus Brand matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Brand
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Who is Better, Bard or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Brand, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Bard makes an ok counter for Brand.
While Bard does have a lower winrate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Brandas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually racks up less CS as Brand. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Bard versus Brand build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Trailblazer, and Bloodsong. When Bard incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Brand than with many other common builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Brand as Bard, Bard players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Bard vs Brand face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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