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How to Synergize Brand with Zac on the Same TeamBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand with Zac

How to Win With Brand and Zac Paired TogetherBrand is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Brand and Zac

based on 3,825 Brand with Zac pairs
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Brand has been on the same team as Zac in 3825 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much great data from the creators of League, we are totally sure that we can showcase high-quality, accurate builds to help Brand play with Zac. It is relatively rare for Brand to play alongside Zac as teammates. This has only taken place in about 1.7% of rounds with Brand.

Brand Zac Synergy Summary

Brand does a good job of playing alongside Zac. On average, he wins an epic 53.2% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Brand when playing alongside Zac by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Brand vs Zac Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomShadowflameLiandry's TormentZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
>
Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Brand and Zac

Tips for Playing as Brand with Zac

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.

Advice to Understand How Zac Will Play

Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.

When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.

Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.

Brand Zac Synergy Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Zac Image
6.2
< Kills >
5.9
7.2
< Deaths >
7
9.2
< Assists >
8.9
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
72
< Minions Killed >
65
0.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
889
< Physical Damage >
843
22,929
< Magic Damage >
22,309
1,181
< True Damage >
1,355
25,000
< Damage Dealt >
24,507
24,412
< Damage Taken >
25,724
11,035
< Gold Earned >
11,149
1.66
< Towers >
1.54
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
4,606
< Total Healing >
6,222
12,688
< Experience >
13,070
41
< Vision Score >
36
17
< Wards Placed >
14
201
< Time Dealing CC >
239

How to Play with Zac as Brand in LoL

The Brand Zac synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zac, 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 Zac. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zac helps Brand perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Brand tries to synergize with Zac, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Zac provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played alongside Zac 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 alongside Zac.

Additionally, when Brand plays with Zac on the same team, he on average takes less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Zac does a decent job of covering Brand during teamfights.

Synergies between Brand and Zac

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Zac
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Brand
Zac

Is Brand better when played alongside Zac?

There is no ideal ally for Brand that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Zac is a pretty good companion for Brand. By being on the same side as Brand, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 53.2%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Brand and Zac that results in them performing better together than alone.

Zac has a much greater difficulty compared to Brand. That means you should be cautious when finding Zac allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to work well with you.

When playing together, Brand players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by pairing Brand and Zac together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of AD. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of your Zac ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand Zac Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Brand and Zac, we analyzed 3,825 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Brand with Zac comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to work well with Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Brand and Zac synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Brand combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Zac than with many other common builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 53.2% helping carry Zac with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Brand players should equip 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Brand and Zac synergy tips and builds for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are computed using all games played with both champs.