Brand vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Brand
based on 8,735 Brand vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Brand vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Brand vs. Blitzcrank matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Brand typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Brand or Blitzcrank?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Brand makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Brand into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Blitzcrank matchups, Brand is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Brand is a decent counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually accumulates more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Brand versus Blitzcrank build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Blitzcrank than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Blitzcrank as Brand, 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Brand vs Blitzcrank battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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