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Brand vs Rakan

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Mage
Support

How to Beat Rakan as Brand

based on 6,073 Brand vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Brand resulted from an examination of 6073 ranked games where both champions fought each other. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Brand is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.6% of his rounds.

Brand vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Brand does a good job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a whopping 52.1% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Brand vs Rakan games, Brand’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Brand vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomShadowflameZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

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
6
R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Brand vs Rakan Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Rakan Image
5.8
< Kills >
1.6
6.7
< Deaths >
5.6
9.2
< Assists >
14.6
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
63
< Minions Killed >
32
0.69
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.44
850
< Physical Damage >
1,190
22,648
< Magic Damage >
5,162
1,367
< True Damage >
757
24,866
< Damage Dealt >
7,110
24,878
< Damage Taken >
21,234
11,099
< Gold Earned >
8,419
1.63
< Towers >
1.61
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,276
< Total Healing >
5,943
12,877
< Experience >
10,656
37
< Vision Score >
65
14
< Wards Placed >
31
244
< Time Dealing CC >
167

How to Counter Rakan with Brand in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some important Brand vs. Rakan matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Brand often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Rakan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Rakan

Who is Better, Brand or Rakan?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Rakan, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a good counter to Rakan.

While Brand does have a higher win rate compared to Rakan, when facing one another, Brand also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Rakan.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Rakan 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Brand is an above average counter to Rakan. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Rakan.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Brand, we analyzed 6,073 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 Rakan 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

To truly master Brand in order to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand typically accumulates more CS as Rakan. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Brand versus Rakan build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Rakan than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Rakan as Brand, Brand players should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Brand vs Rakan counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.

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