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How to Win Brand vs Tristana Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs Tristana

How to Beat Tristana as Brand in LoLBrand is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tristana as Brand

based on 7,703 Brand vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our dataset, Brand faced off against Tristana 7703 times. Using so many games with Brand vs Tristana provides us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening statistics and a solid build to defeat Tristana. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Brand fights Tristana in only 3.4% of his rounds.

Brand vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Brand does a good job of countering Tristana. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.6% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Brand versus Tristana rounds, Brand’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood against Tristana.

Best Brand vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterShadowflameLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeZhonya's HourglassRabadon's DeathcapZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Tristana

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 Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Brand vs Tristana Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Tristana Image
6.1
< Kills >
7.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
8.9
< Assists >
5.3
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
66
< Minions Killed >
167
0.62
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.54
862
< Physical Damage >
17,105
22,294
< Magic Damage >
2,357
1,305
< True Damage >
464
24,461
< Damage Dealt >
19,927
24,488
< Damage Taken >
22,737
11,054
< Gold Earned >
12,606
1.64
< Towers >
2.6
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,830
< Total Healing >
6,354
12,884
< Experience >
13,162
36
< Vision Score >
18
14
< Wards Placed >
9
222
< Time Dealing CC >
67

How to Counter Tristana with Brand in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Brand vs. Tristana counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana..

Brand normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Tristana

Who is Better, Brand or Tristana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a great counter for Tristana.

While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Tristana.

Moreover, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Brand vs Tristana matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Brand is a great counter for Tristana. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Tristana.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Brand, we analyzed 7,703 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 Tristana 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Brand in order to counter Tristana during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand typically racks up less CS compared to Tristana. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Brand versus Tristana build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Tristana than with most other common builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 53.6% battling Tristana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Tristana as Brand, you should use 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 runes we have analyed for Brand vs Tristana matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.6% win rate overall.

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