Aatrox with Brand
How to Synergize Aatrox and Brand
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Aatrox Brand Synergy Summary
Best Aatrox vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aatrox and Brand
Tips for Playing as Aatrox with Brand
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Understand How Brand Will Play
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.
Aatrox Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Aatrox in LoL
The Aatrox Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Aatrox sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Brand helps Aatrox perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aatrox tries to synergize with Brand, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Brand helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Aatrox is played together with Brand on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Brand.
Moreover, when Aatrox plays with Brand on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Brand does a poor job of covering Aatrox in teamfights.
Synergies between Aatrox and Brand
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Is Aatrox better when played alongside Brand?
There is no perfect synergy for Aatrox that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Brand is a good companion for Aatrox. By being on the same side as Aatrox, he increases their win rate by 2.0% to 52.4%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Aatrox and Brand that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Aatrox. That means Aatrox players don't need to be careful when enlisting Brand comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Aatrox and Brand together, you will not be granting your side enough tankyness. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Brand ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Aatrox in order to pair well with Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Aatrox and Brand synergy build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Brand than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average winrate of 52.4% helping carry Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Aatrox players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Aatrox and Brand pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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