How to win lane as Brand against Vex · 50.56% win rate over 267 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1: your longer-range Pillar of Flame already outpokes her Mistral Bolt, giving you the early edge. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2: same story — she has no tools to punish your poke yet, keeping you ahead. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3: added W lets you zone her farm entirely since she lacks reliable engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5: your combo damage output still exceeds hers before gloom stacks matter, so you keep winning trades. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Level 6: her kit still lacks a hard dash to punish your ranged all-in, so your Pyroclasm spike remains the stronger threat. |
| First item | Brand | 1st item: your burst combo still out-damages her scaling gloom mechanic at this stage. |
| Two+ items | Vex | 2+ items: her Shadow Surge dash-fear plus stacked gloom burst finally catches up and can punish your lack of mobility, flipping the late-game edge to her. |
Levels 1-2 already favor you since Vex has no answer to Pillar of Flame at range and her Q needs a target to have used a dash or gap-closer to get bonus value. By levels 3-5 you're comfortably poking her off farm — she can't out-trade you without a target dashing near her, which rarely happens in an isolated 1v1 lane.
The full Brand vs Vex 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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