Champion profile

Brand in draft

Played at Mid in 36% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

2 %

picked or banned · 166th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.6%

Picked 1% · 252 of 27,737 gamesBanned 1% · 143 of 22,755 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

Everything below reads on 90 games at Mid. · 1,064 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (22,755 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersTeamfightNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · Build2 paths: Blackfire Torch or Rylai's Crystal Scepter.

Deathfire Touch

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Brand, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

0.2%3,211 picks out of 1,584,437banned in 0.7% of games · 1,720 of 259,636patches 16.21 → 16.19

Tournaments

tournament code games

0.2%60 picks out of 34,524banned in 0.7% of games · 88 of 13,367patches 16.21 → 16.19

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.0%0 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 1% and 5% since 16.12 · 1.7% on 16.21 · 1.5% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	1.7%	2,671	Deathfire Touch92% · 11
16.20	1.5%	7,858	Deathfire Touch87% · 20
16.19	1.6%	6,733	Deathfire Touch96% · 24
16.18	1.6%	5,762	Deathfire Touch92% · 11
16.17	1.3%	5,728	Deathfire Touch91% · 21
16.16	1.4%	5,992	Deathfire Touch100% · 7
16.15	1.8%	5,530	Deathfire Touch93% · 14
16.14	1.8%	5,702	Deathfire Touch87% · 13
16.13	2.5%	7,391	Deathfire Touch100% · 29
16.12	4.9%	5,118	Deathfire Touch97% · 31

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

143 bans of 22,755 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G10.2%
G20.4%
G3+0.4%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Below the floor: no measure published. · published from 30 series

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (16), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at Mid when Brand is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

143 games where it is banned · 22,408 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Brand ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid lanersBoth builds mixed: per-build profile not measured yet

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Mid game · 15–22

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Late · 23–30

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min2.7 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itTeamfight

What it is notNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:06 (5:12), 1st item at 11:30 (12:00), 2nd at 21:06 (20:30), 3rd at 27:54 (26:36).

90 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
EzrealADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
WukongJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LuluSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NautilusSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
OrnnTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
LucianADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
XayahADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)

show 18 other pairs

GangplankTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SyndraMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YunaraADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZeriADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MilioSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ThreshSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SionTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AhriMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LissandraMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
OriannaMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViktorMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
CaitlynADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NamiSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YuumiSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 28 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 90 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on two patches (16.21 + 16.20), all regions. Patch does not reach 30 games (12).

Patch16.21 · 12 games, below the floor of 30
2 patches16.21 + 16.20 · 35 games
Window90 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Deathfire Touch+

Precision

89% · 31 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

69% · 24 games

First maxed skill

74% · 25 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orArcane Comet+Resolve6% · 2 games
orElectrocute+Sorcery3% · 1 game

Other spells

orFlash + Ghost14% · 5 games
orFlash + Barrier11% · 4 games

35 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

2 item paths, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Two 1st items share the champion (25% or more each): both builds are mixed in chapter 02.

Blackfire Torch51% · 12:48
Rylai's Crystal Scepter50% · 23:24
Rylai's Crystal Scepter29% · 11:36

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).