Caitlyn vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Caitlyn
based on 23,440 Caitlyn vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Brand
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Caitlyn against Brand matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Brand. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Brand
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Brand?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Brand, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Brand.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Brand.
Other Champion Matchups Against Caitlyn
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How We Calculated Our Caitlyn vs Brand Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates more CS relative to Brand. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Caitlyn versus Brand build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Stormrazor, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Brand than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Brand with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Brand as Caitlyn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Brand fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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