How to win lane as Ryze against Brand · 50.4% win rate over 881 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Brand's Pillar of Flame and Sear out-poke you and threaten a stun you cannot match at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Brand | At level 2 his W-Q combo chunks you before you are ever in Rune Prison range. |
| Level 3 | Brand | With Blaze passive ticking at level 3 Brand out-trades your Overload poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | His full combo at 4-5 can nearly kill you through your low base resistances. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Pyroclasm at 6 bounces to punish you and any nearby teammate in a skirmish. |
| First item | Ryze | Your first-item Archangel's spike gives you the HP and mana to eat his combo and out-scale. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | With two items you out-sustain his single burst and win extended fights. |
Brand dominates levels 1-2: Pillar of Flame and the Blaze passive out-poke you and threaten a Sear stun your kit cannot answer, so play back and only step up for safe last hits.
The full Ryze vs Brand 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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