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How to Win Brand vs K'Sante Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Brand in LoLBrand is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankFighter

How to Beat K'Sante as Brand

based on 3,436 Brand vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat K'Sante as Brand resulted from an analysis of 3436 ranked matches where both champions battled one another. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Brand is forced to battle against K'Sante in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Brand vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Brand does a great job of countering K'Sante. Normally, he wins a fantastic 54.0% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Brand vs K'Sante games, Brand’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Brand vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Banshee's VeilRylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassStormsurgeMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
>
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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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Brand vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
K'Sante Image
5.8
< Kills >
4.8
6.8
< Deaths >
5.9
9.2
< Assists >
6.1
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
61
< Minions Killed >
174
0.78
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.37
874
< Physical Damage >
14,274
22,524
< Magic Damage >
3,333
1,527
< True Damage >
1,580
24,926
< Damage Dealt >
19,189
26,422
< Damage Taken >
32,886
11,232
< Gold Earned >
11,151
1.59
< Towers >
2.04
0.21
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,980
< Total Healing >
5,011
13,127
< Experience >
15,095
36
< Vision Score >
16
14
< Wards Placed >
8
275
< Time Dealing CC >
1,093

How to Counter K'Sante with Brand in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some critical Brand against K'Sante counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than K'Sante..

Brand normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than K'Sante. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Brand
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
K'Sante

Who is Better, Brand or K'Sante?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 54.0% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a great counter to K'Sante.

While Brand does have a much higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Brand into K'Sante.

Furthermore, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs K'Sante 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 late stage team fights.

Brand is a great counter to K'Sante. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Brand against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Brand, we analyzed 3,436 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 K'Sante 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 K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand on average accumulates less CS compared to K'Sante. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Brand versus K'Sante build include Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering K'Sante than with most other common item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 54.0% battling K'Sante with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating K'Sante as Brand, Brand players should take 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 rune builds players chose for Brand vs K'Sante counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.0% win rate overall.

If you need to see Brand versus K'Sante tips and counter builds for a an individual division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using every round completed with these champs.