Blitzcrank with Brand
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Brand
based on 5,308 Blitzcrank with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Blitzcrank Brand Synergy Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Brand
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Brand
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank 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, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Brand helps Blitzcrank perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank is paired with Brand, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Brand provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played with Brand on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Brand.
Moreover, when Blitzcrank plays with Brand on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Brand does a poor job of protecting Blitzcrank in teamfights.
Synergies between Blitzcrank and Brand
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Brand?
There is no top champion pairing for Blitzcrank that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Brand is a great teammate for Blitzcrank. By playing on the same side as Blitzcrank, he increases their win rate by 3.1% to 54.7%. This proves that there is a very real strategic relationship between Blitzcrank and Brand that results in them performing better together than alone.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Blitzcrank. That means Blitzcrank players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Brand teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Blitzcrank and Brand together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Brand ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to pair well with Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL 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 displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Blitzcrank and Brand synergy build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Brand than with most other typical builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 54.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Brand with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.7% winrate overall.
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