Draven vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Draven
based on 7,326 Draven vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Brand
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Draven versus Brand counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champs. Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Brand. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Brand
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Who is Better, Draven or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when trying to fight Brand, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Draven into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Draven is a garbage counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Draven against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average gets more CS relative to Brand. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Draven versus Brand build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Draven incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Brand than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 47.4% battling Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Brand as Draven, Draven players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Draven vs Brand clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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