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Brand vs Hecarim

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How to Beat Hecarim as Brand

based on 5,674 Brand vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League games that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Hecarim as Brand came out of an analysis of 5674 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Brand fights Hecarim in only 2.5% of his matches.

Brand vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Brand has done a good job of beating Hecarim. Normally, he wins a fantastic 52.9% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Brand versus Hecarim rounds, Brand’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Hecarim.

Best Brand vs Hecarim Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

ShadowflameStormsurgeCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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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
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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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E
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Hecarim

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 Win Against Hecarim

Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.

Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.

Brand vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Hecarim Image
5.8
< Kills >
7.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.3
8.7
< Assists >
7.9
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
63
< Minions Killed >
36
0.69
< Dragons Killed >
1.55
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.33
867
< Physical Damage >
14,301
21,865
< Magic Damage >
2,753
1,403
< True Damage >
784
24,136
< Damage Dealt >
17,840
25,318
< Damage Taken >
42,377
11,032
< Gold Earned >
12,410
1.57
< Towers >
1.13
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
6,292
< Total Healing >
21,682
12,932
< Experience >
14,473
36
< Vision Score >
19
14
< Wards Placed >
5
241
< Time Dealing CC >
232

How to Counter Hecarim with Brand in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several important Brand versus Hecarim matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the two. Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, showing that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..

Brand normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Brand and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Hecarim

Who is Better, Brand or Hecarim?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Hecarim, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a good counter for Hecarim.

While Brand does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Brand also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Hecarim.

Additionally, Brand has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Brand vs Hecarim matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Brand is a good counter to Hecarim. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Hecarim.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Brand, we analyzed 5,674 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Hecarim as Brand comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Brand in order to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand most often accumulates more CS compared to Hecarim. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Brand versus Hecarim build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Hecarim than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Hecarim with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating Hecarim as Brand, you should equip 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 sets players chose for Brand vs Hecarim matchups, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.

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