Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
The stats provided here clarify several influential Corki versus Brand matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Brand..
Corki often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Brand. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when taking on Brand, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Corki does have a lower win rate than Brand, when facing one another, Corki also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Corki into Brand.
Additionally, Corki has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Corki vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Corki is a garbage counter for Brand. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Corki against Brand.
If you would like to truly master Corki in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki typically accumulates more CS as Brand. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Corki versus Brand build include Muramana, Malignance, and Maw of Malmortius. When Corki combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Brand than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Corki had an average win rate of 47.6% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Brand as Corki, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Corki vs Brand counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
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