Talk:Brand/@comment-2112140-20141230181359/@comment-8468980-20150116053422

"Um, he actually shreds tanks to pieces thanks to his passive"

He doesn't actually. Brand becomes a pure burst mage by mid-late game and will drop his entire combo within a couple seconds, decreasing how many times his passive will actually proc. In addition, higher MR reduces the effect pretty significantly, Void staff helps to curb that mitigation, but it's not true damage so it'll never really be truly 8% over 4 seconds.

So, in summation, one less than 8% mx hp dot isn't going to melt tanks.

"the stun is strong in the early game and can potentially be a lockdown for a pick"

I'm not sure what makes a single target stun strong or weak in your opinion, but personally requiring two spell applications, one of them a skill shot, makes it VERY unreliable especially since as a mid laner he's susceptible to being ganked.

"He is also one of the few Teamfight oriented mages that can actually win a Teamfight by using one skill."

Orianna ult, Zyra ult, Viktor ult, Annie ult, Anivia wall, Azir ult, Rumble ult, Morg ult etc. Personally, I tend to view good initiation or counter initiation as more teamfight oriented than a 350 damage nuke that doesn't even always priortize champs :> I mean, if you want to say it wins teamfights due to its awesome damage, you may want to check out Lux's ult and Ziggs' ult since they're also multi target, longer ranged and deal significantly more damage.

" is just that his lack of mobility and defensive patterns make it really hard for him to be useful when behind."

Mediocre scaling, medium ranged spells, and complete lack of utility keep him down too. He's really never had his time in the sun sadly.

TBH, Brand needs a bit of a rework since his optimal spell application requires that to blow everything to take advantage of his stun... but that wastes a lot of his passive's power... why does a burst mage even have a dot effect on his spells anyways? Seems real counterintuitive.