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Brand vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Brand in LoLBrand is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankFighter

How to Beat Rammus as Brand

based on 3,990 Brand vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated League matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Rammus as Brand came out of an analysis of 3990 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Brand has to counter Rammus in only 1.7% of his games.

Brand vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Brand does a great job of beating Rammus. Normally, he wins a whopping 54.4% of games the champs clash against one another in. In Brand versus Rammus games, Brand’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood against Rammus.

Best Brand vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandRuby Crystal

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameZaz'Zak's RealmspikeVoid StaffMalignance

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Brand vs Rammus Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Rammus Image
6.1
< Kills >
4.2
6.8
< Deaths >
5.9
9.3
< Assists >
10.9
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
0.94
66
< Minions Killed >
33
0.66
< Dragons Killed >
1.13
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.33
896
< Physical Damage >
2,383
23,998
< Magic Damage >
17,475
1,460
< True Damage >
727
26,355
< Damage Dealt >
20,586
25,193
< Damage Taken >
33,365
11,233
< Gold Earned >
10,656
1.65
< Towers >
1
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
6,030
< Total Healing >
12,729
13,000
< Experience >
13,130
37
< Vision Score >
20
15
< Wards Placed >
7
243
< Time Dealing CC >
585

How to Counter Rammus with Brand in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some valuable Brand versus Rammus matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rammus..

Brand usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Rammus

Who is Better, Brand or Rammus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Rammus, with a 54.4% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a great counter for Rammus.

While Brand does have a much higher winrate than Rammus, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Rammus.

Additionally, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Brand is a great counter to Rammus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Rammus.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Brand, we analyzed 3,990 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 Rammus 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 learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand usually picks up more CS as Rammus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Brand versus Rammus build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Rammus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 54.4% when playing against Rammus with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Rammus as Brand, you 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 builds players used for Brand vs Rammus matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.

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