How to win lane as Vex against Brand · 52.67% win rate over 1,069 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vex | Brand's only threat is Sear, and dodging it at level 1 leaves him with no way to punish you. |
| Level 2 | Vex | At 2 he still can't reposition, so your empowered Q out-trades his stationary combo. |
| Level 3 | Vex | By 3 you can walk him down after any missed Sear because he has zero mobility. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vex | Levels 4-5 you keep sidestepping his skillshots and punishing the long cooldowns. |
| Level 6 | Vex | Your level 6 R is a clean pick on a dash-less target while his Pyroclasm barely touches an isolated you. |
| First item | Vex | On first item your W shield lets you all-in through his burst, which requires a full landed combo. |
| Two+ items | Vex | You stay ahead into items by picking him with R before teamfights instead of eating his grouped AoE. |
Brand has genuine poke with W (Pillar of Flame) and a stun combo, but he is one of the most immobile mid laners in the game, so if you respect Sear and only step up after he whiffs it, you win every trade with empowered Q and W burst.
The full Vex 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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