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.
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
The Brand Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ryze helps Brand perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Brand plays on the same team as Ryze, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Ryze does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played with Ryze on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ryze.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Ryze on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Ryze does a poor job of protecting Brand in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Brand that will always be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Ryze is a not very good teammate for Brand. By being on the same side as Brand, he decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 48.8%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Brand and Ryze that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Ryze has a greater difficulty than Brand. That means you should be very careful when lining up Ryze teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Brand and Ryze together, you may not be providing your other allies much attack damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Ryze ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to synergize with Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Brand and Ryze synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Ryze than with most other common item sets. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 48.8% helping carry Ryze with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Brand players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Ryze with Brand are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.