Ability Description
"Passive – Blaze Brand’s abilities set his targets ablaze for 4 seconds, damaging them for 3% of their maximum health over 3.25 seconds as magic damage. Abilities used on an ablazed target are empowered and apply other stacks of blaze while also refreshing the duration of the previous ones. A target can have up to 3 blaze stacks at the same time and the damage per tick against monsters is capped at 80. Killing an enemy that is ablazed restores mana. After reaching 3 stacks on large monsters and enemy champions, an area is marked around them, which explodes after 2 seconds, consuming all the stacks. All enemies struck are dealt 12% − 16% of their maximum health as magic damage and are applied a stack of blaze. The explosion will still trigger if the target dies to the third ability or during the delay. Brand cannot stack Blaze more than once on enemies who have exploded in the past 4 seconds."
A lot of information to process there, but this passive can be boiled down to a pretty simple principle. Brand’s abilities do percent max health damage over time, refreshing each time they’re hit with a new ability. This can stack up to three times on a single champion or large monster.
If the champion/large monster is hit with three spells, they will explode after a brief delay in an area around them. This explosion will do more percent max health damage and will trigger regardless if the monster dies before the detonation.
"Q – Sear Brand launches a fireball in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy it hits. If the target is ablaze, they are stunned for 1.5 seconds."
Very simple ability. It’s a straight-line skill shot that will also stun the enemy target if they have been hit by another ability recently.
"W – Pillar of Flame Brand makes the target area erupt in flames, dealing magic damage to enemies within. If the target is ablaze, Pillar of Flame deals 25% bonus damage."
Another simple ability, it’s just a circle AoE damage. If the target has been set ablaze with another spell, the W does bonus damage.
"E – Conflagration Brand sets the target enemy aflame, dealing magic damage. If the target is ablaze, Conflagration also spreads to enemies around the target."
Brand’s E is a point-and-click damage ability. If the target has been hit by another spell and is ablaze, the damage will also be dealt to all the enemy units around him.
"R – Pyroclasm Brand launches a fireball at the target enemy that bounces between nearby enemies up to four times, dealing magic damage each time. If the target is ablaze, Pyroclasm briefly slows enemies hit."
One of the best team fight mage ults in the game, Brand throws out a point-and-click damage ball that will bounce between enemies (including those that are invisible). If the target is ablaze (either the targeted enemy or one hit by a bounce) they are slowed.
Types of Scaling
Passive – AP
Q – AP
W – AP
E – AP
R – AP
Crowd control
Stun on his Q (if target is ablaze)
Slow on his R (if target is ablaze)