Caitlyn with Brand
How to Synergize Caitlyn and Brand
based on 22,359 Caitlyn with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Caitlyn Brand Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Caitlyn and Brand
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Brand
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Understand How Brand Will Play
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.
Caitlyn Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Caitlyn in LoL
The Caitlyn Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Caitlyn sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Brand helps Caitlyn perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Caitlyn plays on the same team as Brand, she gets a little drop in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Brand does not provide cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played alongside Brand on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Brand. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Brand.
Moreover, when Caitlyn plays with Brand on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Brand does a poor job of covering Caitlyn in team fights.
Synergies between Caitlyn and Brand
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Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Brand?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Caitlyn that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. Yet, Brand is a pretty good companion for Caitlyn. By playing on the same side as Caitlyn, he increases their win rate by 1.8% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Caitlyn and Brand that results in them performing better together than alone.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Caitlyn. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Brand teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Caitlyn and Brand together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of cover. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Brand teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to pair well with Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to build first in your Caitlyn and Brand synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Brand than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 51.1% helping carry Brand with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Caitlyn and Brand pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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