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Brand vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Brand in LoLBrand is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Brand

based on 7,326 Brand vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Draven as Brand resulted from an examination of 7326 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Brand is forced to battle against Draven in only 3.2% of his matches.

Brand vs Draven Matchup Summary

Brand does a good job of beating Draven. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.6% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Brand vs Draven matches, Brand’s side is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Draven.

Best Brand vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomShadowflameZhonya's HourglassRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
>
Second ability for Brand to level upq
>
Last skill for Brand to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
7
W
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Draven as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Brand vs Draven Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Draven Image
5.9
< Kills >
8.9
6.9
< Deaths >
6.9
9
< Assists >
5.4
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
2.04
61
< Minions Killed >
173
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.45
851
< Physical Damage >
22,429
21,947
< Magic Damage >
130
1,307
< True Damage >
488
24,105
< Damage Dealt >
23,048
25,013
< Damage Taken >
23,747
11,006
< Gold Earned >
13,894
1.56
< Towers >
2.19
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,189
< Total Healing >
7,309
12,713
< Experience >
12,565
35
< Vision Score >
15
14
< Wards Placed >
7
237
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Draven with Brand in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Brand vs. Draven counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Draven..

Brand often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Draven. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Draven

Who is Better, Brand or Draven?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Draven, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes a good counter for Draven.

While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Draven, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Draven.

Additionally, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Draven matchups, Brand is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Brand is a good counter to Draven. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Brand

Brand Loses Against

FizzFizz46.8% winrateTeemoTeemo47.8% winrateZyraZyra47.9% winrateXerathXerath48% winrate

Brand Wins Against

ZeriZeri58.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee57.2% winrateXayahXayah55.8% winrateYuumiYuumi55.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

NilahNilah+ 55.4% 3348 GamesBardBard+ 55.5% 3915 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 56.1% 14071 GamesMaokaiMaokai+ 56.5% 6844 Games

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Brand, we analyzed 7,326 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Draven as Brand comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Brand to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand typically accumulates less CS as Draven. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Brand versus Draven build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Draven than with most other common item sets. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Draven with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Draven as Brand, Brand players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Brand vs Draven LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Brand x Draven tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using all matches completed with both champions.