Brand vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Brand
based on 6,484 Brand vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Brand vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Brand in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some important Brand vs. Vladimir matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vladimir..
Brand often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Brand and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Brand or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter for Vladimir.
While Brand does have a higher win rate than Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Vladimir.
Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Vladimir 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 teammates during teamfights.
Brand is a good counter for Vladimir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Vladimir during both the lane 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand typically accumulates less CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Brand versus Vladimir build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Vladimir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Vladimir with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vladimir as Brand, you should equip 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 runes players used for Brand vs Vladimir counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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