MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Brand vs Aphelios
How often does Brand beat Aphelios in ADC?
Brand into Aphelios in ADC: 54% observed win rate across 471 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Brand ahead by 92 gold.
Does Brand counter Aphelios?
Too close for a counter call: Brand sits at 54% over 471 games, inside the noise band. On this sample neither pick counters the other — the swing lives in the conditions below, so play the side you know better.
Beating Aphelios: the Brand game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Brand at 63% across 252 games. Flip the lead and Brand falls to 44% across 219.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 63% | 252 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 44% | 219 |
| First blood | 62% | 218 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 66% | 182 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 56% | 257 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 62% | 115 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:53 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 7:10. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Brand's ADC build, with receipts
Into Aphelios specifically, Brand finishes Blackfire Torch first most often: 56.3% over 206 games of this matchup.
The most-finished core in this exact matchup is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment: 53.4% across 73 games.
The most-finished Brand core is Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment: 57.5% across 3,313 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 16.1-16.12.
Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Blackfire Torch (8,923 games).
Skill plan: Brand players max W first and take W at level 1.