How to win lane as Brand against Fizz · 42.3% win rate over 487 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1: Brand's starting Q range already exceeds Fizz's E, so Fizz can't punish a poke he can't reach. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2: A second point in Q lets Brand threaten the stun on cooldown, keeping Fizz's jump grounded before he even has W to soften the poke. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3: Q into E now detonates a real chunk of damage, meaning Fizz's only in-range tool (E) trades unfavorably against a combo he never got close enough to prevent. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5: With W online, Brand can zone the entire lane's minion wave, forcing Fizz to either give up CS or walk into stun range to contest it. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Level 6: Fizz's ultimate finally offers engage, but its long telegraph lets Brand pre-position Q or W to punish the landing before the follow-up connects. |
| First item | Brand | First item: Burst items push Brand's poke damage high enough that Fizz can no longer casually farm through it, while Sear's extended range keeps intercepting Playful/Trickster before it resolves. |
| Two+ items | Brand | 2+ items: Full build burst plus W zone control means Fizz's engage windows keep shrinking — Zhonya's timing can't out-wait a burn rotation, and any dive attempt eats a stun before it lands. |
At level 1-2 Brand's Q has a full screen more range than Fizz's E, so Brand can poke from a spot Fizz physically cannot punish without flashing. Fizz's only way to close the gap is Playful/Trickster, but its animation is slow enough that a pre-aimed Q catches him mid-air or on landing recovery, converting his engage tool into a free stun. Because Brand doesn't need to land Q to threaten damage — W alone can chunk a lane minion wave and splash Fizz for free — he's never forced into the melee range where Fizz's kit actually functions. Fizz is left farming passively under threat of a stun he can't see coming until it's already locked him down.
The full Brand vs Fizz report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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