Darius vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Darius
based on 8,484 Darius vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Brand
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Darius vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Darius against Brand counter stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..
Darius usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Brand. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Brand
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Who is Better, Darius or Brand?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Brand, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Darius into Brand.
Moreover, Darius also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Darius is a trash counter to Brand. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius in order to counter Brand during both the laning 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 stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average accumulates more CS as Brand. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Darius versus Brand build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Sundered Sky. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Brand than with many other typical builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 46.8% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Brand as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Darius vs Brand counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Brand as Darius are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.