Brand with Master Yi
How to Synergize Brand and Master Yi
based on 7,650 Brand with Master Yi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Brand Master Yi Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Master Yi
Tips for Playing as Brand with Master Yi
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 Master Yi Will Play
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
Brand Master Yi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Master Yi as Brand in LoL
The Brand Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Master Yi helps Brand perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Brand is paired with Master Yi, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Master Yi does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played with Master Yi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Master Yi.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Master Yi on the same side, he often receives much less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Brand during teamfights.
Synergies between Brand and Master Yi
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Is Brand better when played alongside Master Yi?
There is no one best companion for Brand that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Master Yi is a very typical teammate for Brand. By locking into the same side as Brand, he increases their win rate by 0.9% to 52.3%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Brand and Master Yi that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Master Yi has a lower difficulty than Brand. That means Brand players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Master Yi comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Brand and Master Yi together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Master Yi teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Brand in order to pair well with Master Yi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Brand and Master Yi synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing alongside Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Master Yi with Brand are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.