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Brand vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Brand in LoLBrand is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Brand

based on 6,698 Brand vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ahri as Brand resulted from an analysis of 6698 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Brand has to counter Ahri in only 2.9% of his matches.

Brand vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Brand has done a good job of countering Ahri. Normally, he wins a terrific 52.9% of games the champions face each other in. In Brand versus Ahri rounds, Brand’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Ahri.

Best Brand vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomShadowflameZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

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 upq
>
Last skill for Brand to max oute

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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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Ahri

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 Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Brand vs Ahri Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Ahri Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.3
6.9
< Deaths >
5.8
8.6
< Assists >
7.3
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
67
< Minions Killed >
166
0.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.43
801
< Physical Damage >
1,437
22,308
< Magic Damage >
15,139
1,309
< True Damage >
5,102
24,418
< Damage Dealt >
21,679
25,088
< Damage Taken >
21,126
11,095
< Gold Earned >
11,339
1.59
< Towers >
1.8
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,986
< Total Healing >
5,066
13,000
< Experience >
14,458
36
< Vision Score >
20
15
< Wards Placed >
10
227
< Time Dealing CC >
72

How to Counter Ahri with Brand in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Brand vs. Ahri counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ahri..

Brand often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ahri. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Ahri

Who is Better, Brand or Ahri?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Ahri.

While Brand does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Ahri.

Moreover, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Ahri matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Brand is an above average counter to Ahri. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Brand against Ahri.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Brand, we analyzed 6,698 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ahri as Brand comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand on average gets less CS relative to Ahri. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Brand versus Ahri build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Ahri with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Ahri as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Brand vs Ahri clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.

If you want to see Brand versus Ahri tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, please choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all matches played with both champs.