Lucian vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Lucian
based on 13,107 Lucian vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Brand
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Lucian versus Brand counter stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Brand..
Lucian usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Brand. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Brand
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Who is Better, Lucian or Brand?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Brand, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when facing one another, Lucian also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lucian into Brand.
Additionally, Lucian has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a garbage counter for Brand. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Brand.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lucian
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How We Calculated Our Lucian vs Brand Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often picks up more CS as Brand. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lucian versus Brand build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Brand than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Brand with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Brand as Lucian, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lucian vs Brand counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.
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