Brand vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Brand
based on 8,484 Brand vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Darius
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Brand vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Brand in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Brand against Darius counter stats that may help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Darius. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Brand normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Darius
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Who is Better, Brand or Darius?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Darius, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes a great counter to Darius.
While Brand does have a higher winrate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Darius.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Darius matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Brand is a great counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Brand in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand often picks up less CS as Darius. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Brand versus Darius build include Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Darius than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 53.2% battling Darius with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Darius as Brand, Brand players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Brand vs Darius clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.
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