Xerath with Brand
How to Synergize Xerath and Brand
based on 5,250 Xerath with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Brand Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Brand
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Brand
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Brand helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Brand, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Brand does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Brand on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Brand. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Brand.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Brand on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Brand does a poor job of protecting Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Brand
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Brand?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Brand is a very typical ally for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Xerath and Brand that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Brand has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Brand teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Brand together, you may not be providing your other allies much sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Brand ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Xerath and Brand synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Brand than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Brand with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Xerath and Brand pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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