Talk:Lich Bane/@comment-140.228.124.46-20110414191924/@comment-99.231.193.28-20110421123007

Since he relies on combos, positioning and his E is rather short range (And highly important), Of particular note is that Brand does not have any real escape other than hitting his enemy with one spell, and then hitting them with a skillshot, so the movement speed can be incredibly useful for staying away from the enemies, all other mages have some sort of escape to my knowledge. I have always found Lichbane to be a must have on Brand for the speed alone, not to mention the mana to actually cast the spells. It also allows him to do some nice damage when his combo is on cooldown (for example his W is on cooldown, but his much faster recharging Q is off cooldown).

So in my opinion Brand should be on Lich Bane's synergy list because he has a huge benefit for the Movement speed, some benefit for the mana and MR, and a decent benefit from the Proc on occasion.

Compare him to someone like Veigar, and Veigar doesn't really need the movement speed (Yes he is slow, but he has a get away stun), the proc can be nice for his high AP, but I wouldn't choose it over more AP, the mana is usually taken care of by a Archangels, Chalice, or his passive, and the MR is nice, but there are cheaper ways to get it with AP.