Vex vs Brand Counter Pick

With both champions reaching 550 units, the duel is decided by what follows the first hit, and Blaze is the deciding factor. Brand’s spells set targets on fire for damage over four seconds, and the burn stacks up to three times. Each of his abilities gains something against a burning target: Sear stuns, Pillar of Flame deals more damage, and Conflagration reaches farther. Vex has won 46.0% of her 126 games on patch 16.13.1. That sample is small, but it still clearly points to a matchup rated as hard.

Her stats explain the losing side. At level 1 Vex has 28 magic resist, the lower of the two values, and nearly all of her damage is magic. Brand is otherwise the frailer champion, with 570 health to her 590 and 95.4 armor at level 18 compared with her 98.7. He also moves at 340 to her 335, a slight advantage that becomes important when Pyroclasm chains up to five times between him and nearby enemies. Personal Space lets her survive a stun into Pyroclasm by granting a shield and dealing area damage in a single cast, and Doom ‘n Gloom can fear him out of his channel. Brand has a difficulty rating of 4, which makes him one of the more forgiving mages to learn, so mistakes on his side rarely decide the matchup. Both draw from a 550-unit mana pool and start with 57 base attack damage for him against 54 for her, which leaves the outcome riding on which spell rotation lands cleanly.