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.
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
The Brand Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Brand sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nasus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nasus helps Brand perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Brand is paired with Nasus, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Nasus does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played alongside Nasus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nasus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nasus.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Nasus on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nasus does a decent job of covering Brand in teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Brand that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Nasus is a pretty good companion for Brand. By being on the same side as Brand, he increases their win rate by 1.7% to 53.1%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good bond between Brand and Nasus that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Nasus has a greater difficulty than Brand. That means you must be cautious when lining up Nasus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, Brand players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Brand and Nasus together, you may not be providing your team a great deal of cover. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Nasus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Brand in order to pair well with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Brand and Nasus synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Brand used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Nasus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 53.1% helping carry Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.1% winrate overall.
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