MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Brand vs Malzahar
How often does Brand beat Malzahar in Support?
Brand into Malzahar in Support: 58% observed win rate across 31 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Brand ahead by 185 gold.
Brand at 15:00
- Gold: +185
- CS: -10
- XP: -124
Typical gap to Malzahar, from 31 games that reached 15:00.
Beating Malzahar: the Brand game plan
Someone usually dies here around 5:59 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 8:33. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Brand's Support build, with receipts
The most-finished Brand core is Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, Morellonomicon: 51.0% across 902 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Rylai's Crystal Scepter (11,116 games).
Skill plan: Brand players max W first and take W at level 1.