How to Win Brand vs Volibear Counter Matchup Brand is in the b tier of champions

Brand vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Brand in LoL Volibear is in the b tier of champions
Mage
Fighter Tank

How to Beat Volibear as Brand

based on 4,284 Brand vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
6.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our data, Brand fought Volibear 4284 times. Using so many games with Brand vs Volibear provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a supported build to counter Volibear. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Brand is forced to battle against Volibear in only 6.5% of his rounds.

Brand vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Brand does a average job of countering Volibear. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Brand vs Volibear matches, Brand’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Volibear.

Best Brand vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRylai's Crystal ScepterDemonic Embrace

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassMorellonomiconShard of True Ice

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level up w
>
Second ability for Brand to level up e
>
Last skill for Brand to max out q

Runes

Domination Dark Harvest Taste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Sorcery Manaflow BandScorch
Adaptive Adaptive HealthScaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand q ability q
Brand w ability w
Brand e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Volibear as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Volibear

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 Volibear Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Volibear Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.3
7.9
< Deaths >
6.5
9.1
< Assists >
7.7
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
72
< Minions Killed >
73
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
1.14
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.48
684
< Physical Damage >
9,374
22,237
< Magic Damage >
5,604
955
< True Damage >
1,231
23,878
< Damage Dealt >
16,210
18,070
< Damage Taken >
32,055
10,498
< Gold Earned >
11,522
1.6
< Towers >
2.05
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.23
1,661
< Total Healing >
7,972
12,235
< Experience >
13,884
42
< Vision Score >
19
20
< Wards Placed >
6
71
< Time Dealing CC >
431

How to Counter Volibear with Brand in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several valuable Brand against Volibear matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear..

Brand usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Volibear. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Volibear

Who is Better, Brand or Volibear?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually fairs equally well when taking on Volibear, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Brand makes an ok counter to Volibear.

While Brand does have a higher winrate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Brand into Volibear.

Furthermore, Brand also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. 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 in League of Legends, in Brand vs Volibear matchups, Brand is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Brand is a decent counter for Volibear. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Volibear.

Other Champion Matchups Against Brand

Brand Loses Against

Fizz Fizz 47% winrate Yorick Yorick 47.1% winrate Zac Zac 47.2% winrate Master Yi Master Yi 47.9% winrate

Brand Wins Against

Gragas Gragas 58.8% winrate Ryze Ryze 58.4% winrate Zeri Zeri 56.7% winrate Aphelios Aphelios 56.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Blitzcrank Blitzcrank + 56.2% 616 Games Shyvana Shyvana + 56.7% 1574 Games Rakan Rakan + 56.7% 231 Games Yorick Yorick + 58.3% 1939 Games

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Brand, we analyzed 4,284 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 Volibear 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Brand to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Volibear. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Brand versus Volibear build consist of Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Demonic Embrace. When Brand included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Volibear than with many other typical builds. In fact, Brand had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Volibear with this build.

To have the best probability of beating Volibear as Brand, Brand players should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Brand vs Volibear LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Volibear as Brand are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.