Brand vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Brand
based on 15,513 Brand vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Brand vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Brand in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Brand vs. Yasuo matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Brand often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Brand or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Yasuo, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Yasuo.
While Brand does have a higher winrate than Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Yasuo.
Additionally, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Yasuo matchups, Brand is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Brand is a decent counter for Yasuo. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand most often picks up less CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Brand versus Yasuo build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Yasuo than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Yasuo as Brand, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Brand vs Yasuo face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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