Xerath vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Xerath
based on 9,794 Xerath vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Brand
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Xerath versus Brand matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Brand..
Xerath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Brand. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Brand
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Who is Better, Xerath or Brand?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Brand, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Brand.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Brand matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually picks up more CS as Brand. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Brand build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Brand than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 52.0% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Brand as Xerath, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Xerath vs Brand face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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