Support Brand Build

Support Brand Build.

Support Brand build with runes and items. Support Brand guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Support Brand build in League of Legends Patch 26.1!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Kindlegem should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Brand ability Sear should be leveled first.
Q
Brand ability Pillar of Flame should be leveled second.
W
Brand ability Conflagration should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Redemption should be final item in your build.
Diadem of Songs should be final item in your build.
Bandlepipes should be final item in your build.
Moonstone Renewer should be final item in your build.
Locket of the Iron Solari should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Inspiration.
Summoner spells
Pick Heal as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Support Brand Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Inspiration
Inspiration minor tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration minor tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration minor tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration minor tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration minor tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Looking for another support build? Check this:

How it works

General

  1. You're a healer, Harry.
  2. Even though Brand is not typical support, you are gonna support your team very effectively. With heals, shields and buffs:
    • Heal summoner spell.
    • Guardian and Font of Life runes.
    • Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer and other items.
    • Diadem of Songs for some sweet and constant healing.

Playstyle

  1. Play safe, stay in the back and play like support, so you can stay and heal more. 🛡️
  2. Sometimes, you can go in and play more aggressively when the opportunity is right. ⚔️
  3. Focus on healing and shielding to keep allies alive. 💖
  4. Use Redemption, Locket, and Heal on cooldown for healing. ✨

How to play

General

  1. This is an off-meta and very build that works on ANY champion - even those without healing or shielding abilities!
  2. Your job is to stay alive and provide constant healing, shielding, and buffs to your team through items and summoner spells.
  3. Play safe and stay in the back. The longer you survive, the more you can heal your teammates.

Items

  1. Your first rush is Redemption.
  2. Your second rush can be Locket of the Iron Solari (vs AoE burst) or Moonstone Renewer (for sustained healing).
  3. Rush Locket #2 if your team is already doing teamfights or when enemy team has champions with super AoE damage. Otherwise, get Moonstone Renewer #2.
  4. If you manage to stack if quite fast, you can rush Diadem of Songs as well.
  5. Echoes of Helia is a strong option - you can proc it consistently with Font of Life (from your slow/CC abilities). However it encourages you to play aggressive to stack it and with this build, you really want to stay behind and play passive. Be careful.
  6. Knight's Vow is surprisingly strong if you have a carry/strong bruiser/strong tank. Stick with them and support them specifically.

Summoner Spell

  1. Try to use summoner spell Heal on cooldown, especially when 2+ allies are nearby. With Moonstone Renewer, you want to heal multiple people for maximum value.

Late game

  1. Later in the game (6 items), you can sell boots for a sixth support item to maximize your healing impact.

Buffing your team

  1. Ardent Censer is worth it if you have auto attackers on your team (ADCs, auto-attack bruisers). It will trigger often enough to be good buy.
  2. Staff of Flowing Water is great if you have AP champions on your team. You'll be proccing it frequently with your support abilities.
  3. Cryptbloom is interesting if you want to go full healing. Get it as #4+ item.
  4. Bandlepipes is a good new item that gives MS and buffs your allies Attack Speed when you slow/immobilize enemies.

Runes

  1. Guardian is your most important rune. It provides massive shielding, but remember: you need to be close to your allies to proc it.
    • You can also manipulate it - for example, you can stick to one ally, or avoid some spells that's gonna only waste it.
  2. Another important rule is Cosmic Insight. It is crucial because it reduces cooldowns for your active items and Heal summoner spell:
    • Redemption and Locket of the Iron Solari - 81.92 sec cooldown (down from 90 sec).
    • Shurelya's Battlesong - 68.12 sec cooldown (down from 75 sec).
    • Heal summoner spell gets reduced cooldown too!
  3. You will be triggering Font of Life effect, which will heal your allies. It also chains off Moonstone Renewer!
  4. Important Font of Life total healing is NOT properly calculated in post-game stats. The actual value in-game is much higher than displayed! You heal more than you think!

Redemption

  1. Try to use Redemption on cooldown when your allies are missing health. It's best used when they are grouped together.
  2. If you already have Moonstone Renewer, wait (or ping) until allies group before using Redemption, so you can heal everyone at once.
  3. You CAN use Redemption for damage, but generally it's not worth it. Keep it to heal your team!
  4. Be careful when using Redemption while dead and about to respawn. The camera will snap to your position, and you might accidentally cast it in the spawn pool. Watch out for bad timing!

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. As Brand, you can poke enemies by setting ablaze minions, then using Conflagration (E) on them.

Riot

  1. You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
  2. You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
  3. 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.

Skill Order

  • Brand [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Sear
  • Brand [object Object] ability.
    W
    Pillar of Flame
  • Brand [object Object] ability.
    E
    Conflagration
  • Brand [object Object] ability.
    R
    Pyroclasm

Items

Starting items
Kindlegem item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Redemption item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Core items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Moonstone Renewer item.
Cryptbloom item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Dawncore item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Bandlepipes item.
Knight's Vow item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Situational tanky items
Randuin's Omen item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Thornmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Spirit Visage item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Redemption item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Bandlepipes item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.