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How to Synergize Brand with Hwei on the Same TeamBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand with Hwei

How to Win With Brand and Hwei Paired TogetherBrand is in the b tier of champions
Mage
Mage

How to Synergize Brand and Hwei

based on 7,400 Brand with Hwei pairs
Win Rate
44.4 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Brand has been on the same team as Hwei in 7400 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data from the hosts of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Brand play with Hwei. It is relatively rare for Brand to play alongside Hwei as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 3.2% of rounds with Brand.

Brand Hwei Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Brand has done a pathetic job of synergizing with Hwei. Normally, he wins a lowly 44.4% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Brand when fighting on the same team as Hwei by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with them, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Brand vs Hwei Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Banshee's VeilRylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomStormsurgeShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
>
Second ability for Brand to level upq
>
Last skill for Brand to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Brand and Hwei

Tips for Playing as Brand with Hwei

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Advice to Understand How Hwei Will Play

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Brand Hwei Synergy Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
44.4 %
VS
Win Rate
55.6 %
Hwei Image
5.8
< Kills >
5.9
7.3
< Deaths >
7
8.7
< Assists >
8.9
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
57
< Minions Killed >
65
0.71
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.42
837
< Physical Damage >
843
21,787
< Magic Damage >
22,309
1,421
< True Damage >
1,355
24,046
< Damage Dealt >
24,507
27,208
< Damage Taken >
25,724
11,244
< Gold Earned >
11,149
1.38
< Towers >
1.54
0.17
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
6,942
< Total Healing >
6,222
13,053
< Experience >
13,070
38
< Vision Score >
36
15
< Wards Placed >
14
255
< Time Dealing CC >
239

How to Play with Hwei as Brand in LoL

The Brand Hwei synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hwei, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Brand sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hwei. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Hwei helps Brand perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Brand plays on the same team as Hwei, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This could signal that Hwei doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played alongside Hwei on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hwei.

Additionally, when Brand plays with Hwei on the same side, he usually receives more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Hwei does a poor job of covering Brand during teamfights.

Synergies between Brand and Hwei

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Hwei
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Brand
Hwei

Is Brand better when played alongside Hwei?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Brand that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Hwei is a terrible teammate for Brand. By playing on the same team as Brand, they decreases their win rate by -7.0% to 44.4%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Brand and Hwei that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Hwei has a much greater difficulty compared to Brand. That means Brand players must be careful when enlisting Hwei teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Brand players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Brand and Hwei together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of engage potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Hwei ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand Hwei Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Brand and Hwei, we analyzed 7,400 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Brand with Hwei comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to work well with Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to use in your Brand and Hwei synergy build include Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Hwei than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 44.4% helping carry Hwei with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Brand players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Hwei with Brand are shown for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.