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How to Win Brand vs Volibear Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Brand in LoLBrand is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Volibear as Brand

based on 4,927 Brand vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Volibear as Brand came out of an examination of 4927 ranked rounds where both champs fought one another. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Brand has to counter Volibear in only 2.1% of his games.

Brand vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Brand has done a great job of beating Volibear. Normally, he wins a fantastic 54.1% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Brand vs Volibear matches, Brand’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Brand vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameCryptbloomZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upq
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Last skill for Brand to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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W
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4
W
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W
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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
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Volibear Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.5
6.7
< Deaths >
6.9
9.1
< Assists >
5.6
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
65
< Minions Killed >
128
0.61
< Dragons Killed >
0.52
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.47
858
< Physical Damage >
10,736
22,466
< Magic Damage >
8,141
1,281
< True Damage >
666
24,607
< Damage Dealt >
19,545
24,662
< Damage Taken >
34,388
10,992
< Gold Earned >
11,631
1.61
< Towers >
2.36
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
5,790
< Total Healing >
8,631
12,905
< Experience >
14,354
36
< Vision Score >
18
15
< Wards Placed >
8
225
< Time Dealing CC >
534

How to Counter Volibear with Brand in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some significant Brand vs. Volibear counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Volibear..

Brand typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional 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 have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Volibear, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a great counter for Volibear.

While Brand does have a much higher winrate than Volibear, when facing one another, Brand also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Volibear.

Moreover, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Volibear 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 teammates during team fights.

Brand is a great counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Volibear.

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 4,927 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Brand in order to counter Volibear 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand most often accumulates less CS relative to Volibear. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Brand versus Volibear build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Volibear than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 54.1% battling Volibear with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Volibear 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 that we analyzed for Brand vs Volibear counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% winrate overall.

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