Viktor vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Viktor
based on 3,241 Viktor vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Brand
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Viktor versus Brand matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Brand..
Viktor usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Brand. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Brand
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Who is Better, Viktor or Brand?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when facing off against Brand, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Viktor does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Brand. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Brand.
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How We Calculated Our Viktor vs Brand Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor on average accumulates more CS as Brand. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Viktor versus Brand build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Brand than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Brand with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Brand as Viktor, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Viktor vs Brand matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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