Brand vs Veigar Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the ADC lane: Brand the mage/support hybrid, Veigar the mage. Over 197 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Brand closes out 44.2% of them. Sitting 5.8 points below the 50% line marks Veigar as a genuine problem pick for Brand.
A missed Pyroclasm from Brand hands Veigar the window to land Dark Matter. Level six shifts things: Pyroclasm on one side, Primordial Burst on the other.
Shared damage type here — magic for Brand as well as Veigar. Brand opens on 570 health and 24 armour, Veigar on 580 and 18. Early physical trades read in Brand’s favour thanks to 6 more armour. Brand scales to 2355 health by 18 while Veigar reaches 2416. Base attack damage is 57 against 52, so Brand wins the raw auto-attack exchange.
This is a ranged mirror in terms of reach — 550 versus 550 — so spacing matters less than ability timing.
Riot scores Veigar at 7/10 for difficulty against 4/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. The Brand versus Veigar numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Veigar has the statistical edge. Brand wins 44.2% of the recorded games.
44.2% from Brand's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
197 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Brand build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Brand build page.