Brand vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Brand
based on 4,546 Brand vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Vex
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.
Brand vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Brand in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several strategic Brand against Vex counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vex..
Brand normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Vex. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Vex
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Who is Better, Brand or Vex?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when taking on Vex, with a 53.5% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a great counter for Vex.
While Brand does have a higher winrate compared to Vex, when facing one another, Brand also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Vex.
Moreover, Brand has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Vex matchups, Brand is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Brand is a great counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Brand in order to counter Vex 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand often racks up less CS relative to Vex. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Brand versus Vex build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Vex than with many other typical builds. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 53.5% when playing against Vex with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Vex 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 players chose for Brand vs Vex counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.
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