Game patch 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1
Reference patch 16.20.1
the Burning Vengeance
Brand is a spell-focused champion who plays around range, cooldowns and controlled areas. This overview keeps the explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and the current in-game tooltip.
Usual roleSupportStrengths and limits
These are kit-level patterns, not a promise that every lane or matchup plays the same way.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
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.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Practical champion reading
Use these patterns to ask better questions before choosing an item, target or commitment. They describe the kit, not a guaranteed result.
Magic resistance can reduce the broad spell profile, but positioning and cooldown tracking still decide whether the important abilities connect.
Track the key setup and highest-impact cooldown. A missed or blocked opening can create a safer window before the full rotation returns.
Ranged attacks are useful only while a safe line to the target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.
Protection, setup and information can matter more than personal damage. Position so the next useful spell can reach the ally or target that needs it.
Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement answer.
Reserve anti-heal and anti-shielding for a visible problem in the full team composition; they are not default answers to every champion.
A spell being available does not mean the complete sequence is sustainable. Watch the resource bar as well as the setup and escape cooldowns.
Defensive item reference
Start with the threat that is actually affecting the match. These are conditional comparisons, not an automatic counter build.
Magic resistance addresses the broad damage profile, while Tenacity can shorten reducible control.
Choose Plated Steelcaps instead only when physical basic attacks from this champion or the rest of the team are the larger repeated threat.Normal Draft and Ranked role map
Each lane is assessed separately. Open a role to reach its queue-specific build and matchup preparation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Brand is normally played Support and does not currently have a reviewed Top route. Top usually needs independent laning, durable trading or reliable side-lane pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Brand Jungle is a reviewed secondary role. His passive helps clear camps and pressure objectives, while his ranged crowd control supports ganks. It is less common than Support, so check that the team still has reliable front line and early map control.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Brand has a secondary role listed in this historical reference. It is less common than the primary roles, but it has a recognisable role-specific plan.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Brand Bot is a player-chosen AP carry strategy. His burn and crowd control can pressure a duo lane, but the team may need sustained physical damage from another role.
Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Brand has an established low-income Support plan with useful lane pressure, protection, engage or team utility.
Situational AP purchase
Buy healing reduction when enemy healing or regeneration is deciding fights and you can keep damaging the relevant target. Grievous Wounds reduces healing; it does not reduce shields, magic damage or crowd control.
Oblivion Orb can provide healing reduction without immediately paying for a completed Morellonomicon. Fit the component around your core damage, mana and survival needs; check the current queue's item tooltip.
Complete Morellonomicon when its stats and slot efficiency suit your build. Do not treat it as a mandatory first item just because your champion deals magic damage.
Multiple Grievous Wounds sources do not add their percentages together. Another reliable applier may cover the same target, but you may still need your own source for a separate fight or target.
Repeated spell damage and damage over time can maintain coverage more reliably than a single hit. Match the purchase to your actual spell access, enemy sustain and the teammates who can apply the debuff.
If you die before dealing damage, you apply no healing reduction. If your target dies before healing, there is little healing to prevent. The debuff applies on qualifying damage immediately; it does not need to build up. It remains briefly after your last hit, so teammates can benefit even after you disengage.
Only healing during the active debuff counts. For example, 40% reduction prevents 80 of a 200-point heal, or 400 of a 1,000-point heal, before other modifiers. Compare that with the damage, penetration or survival you delayed; neither example guarantees a kill. Healing after the debuff expires is unaffected.
See the Oblivion Orb and Morellonomicon references for current effects and queue availability. These are situational decisions, not a measured best-build claim.
Kit reference
Ability names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads are independently written; the current in-game tooltip remains authoritative.
What it doesBrand's spells light his targets ablaze, dealing damage over 4 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. If Brand kills an enemy while it is ablaze he regains mana. When Blaze reaches max stacks on a Champion or large monster, it becomes unstable. It detonates in 2 seconds, applying spell effects and dealing massive damage in an area around the victim.
Practical readBlaze is an automatic part of the kit involving damage. Track when its condition is active instead of treating every fight the same way.
What it doesBrand launches a ball of fire forward that deals magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Sear will stun the target.
Practical readSear contributes hard crowd control and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesAfter a short delay, Brand creates a Pillar of Flame at a target area, dealing magic damage to enemy units within the area. Units that are ablaze take an additional 25% damage.
Practical readPillar of Flame contributes damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesBrand conjures a powerful blast at his target that spreads to nearby enemies, dealing magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Conflagration's spread is doubled.
Practical readConflagration contributes damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
What it doesBrand unleashes a devastating torrent of fire that bounces up to 5 times off of Brand and nearby enemies, dealing magic damage to enemies each time bounce. Bounces prioritize stacking Blaze to max on Champions. If a target is ablaze, Pyroclasm will briefly slow them.
Practical readPyroclasm contributes a slowing effect and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.
Levels 1–18
Base values exclude items, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns are the listed base cooldown before ability haste.
Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.
First rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.
| Level | Health | Mana | Ability milestone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 570 | 469 Mana | Choose the first basic ability |
| 2 | 646 | 484 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 3 | 725 | 500 Mana | Add another basic ability or rank |
| 4 | 808 | 517 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 5 | 894 | 534 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 6 | 985 | 552 Mana | First ultimate rank normally available |
| 7 | 1,079 | 571 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 8 | 1,176 | 590 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 9 | 1,278 | 611 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 10 | 1,383 | 632 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 11 | 1,491 | 653 Mana | Second ultimate rank normally available |
| 12 | 1,604 | 676 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 13 | 1,720 | 699 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 14 | 1,839 | 723 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 15 | 1,963 | 748 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 16 | 2,090 | 773 Mana | Final ultimate rank normally available |
| 17 | 2,221 | 799 Mana | Spend one ability point |
| 18 | 2,355 | 826 Mana | Spend one ability point |
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