Fizz vs Brand Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Mid lane: Fizz the assassin/fighter hybrid, Brand the mage/support hybrid. 239 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Fizz at a 59.8% win rate into Brand. A 9.8-point edge is what puts this matchup in Fizz’s column.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Fizz as well as Brand. The stat sheet reads 640 HP and 26 armour for Fizz against 570 and 24 for Brand. Late-game bases read 2442 health / 104 armour for Fizz and 2355 / 95 for Brand. There is a movement gap too: 335 for Fizz, 340 for Brand.
Range decides much of the early game: Brand attacks from 550 units, Fizz from 175. Fizz wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A missed Chum the Waters from Fizz hands Brand the window to land Pillar of Flame. The pressure spikes when Chum the Waters and Pyroclasm come online together.
That 59.8% rests on 239 recorded games from 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Fizz holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Fizz wins 59.8% of the recorded games.
59.8% from Fizz's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
239 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Fizz build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Fizz build page.