Brand vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Brand
based on 4,645 Brand vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Brand vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Brand in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Brand against Gwen matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gwen. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Brand normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Gwen. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Gwen
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Who is Better, Brand or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Brand into Gwen.
Additionally, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Gwen matchups, Brand is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Brand is a decent counter to Gwen. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Gwen.
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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 Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand usually picks up less CS relative to Gwen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Brand versus Gwen build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Gwen than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Gwen as Brand, Brand players should use 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 players chose for Brand vs Gwen clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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