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The 'jungle clear' speed of this League of Legends champion is considered extremely unbalanced.
In recent years, Riot Games has often surprised players by buffing jungle clearing abilities for certain characters. This is aimed at increasing the number of players for the Jungle position in League of Legends. Notable names that have been banned by Riot for this ability include Talon, Zed, Morgana...
Zed and Talon have previously been banned by Riot for their jungle clearing abilities to attract more players to this position.The latest target for expanding the Jungle champion pool is Brand. However, Riot Games seems to have buffed Brand a bit too much as Brand is currently recorded to possess a 'terrifying' jungle clear speed. Specifically, Brand can clear all 6 jungle camps within the first 3 minutes and 6 seconds. This allows Brand to reach level 4 while teammates and opponents in the Bot Lane are only at level 2.
Brand's excessively fast jungle clearing speed allows this champion to reach level 4 while teammates and opponents in the Bot Lane are only at level 2.The immense advantage of Brand has stirred up the League of Legends community, prompting calls for Riot to nerf this champion. “I agree with Brand becoming a Jungler, but his jungle clearing speed is too fast. Brand reaching level 4 and being able to gank the Bottom Lane (where players are typically level 2) is unbalanced. Riot needs to nerf this aspect as soon as possible” - A gamer shared.
The community is quite frustrated with Brand's unbalanced jungle clearing speed: “Riot should nerf this aspect as soon as possible”The reason behind Brand's “terrifying” jungle clearing speed is that Riot has heavily buffed this champion. In patch 13.22, Brand's innate damage to jungle monsters has been increased by 230%. Not to mention, Brand's E - Conflagration has also been buffed in base damage. As a result, Brand's area of effect damage to jungle monsters becomes too strong, leading to the “terrifying” jungle clearing speed mentioned above.
Currently, Brand Jungle boasts a quite high win rate of 52.11% (statistics from LoLAlytics). This number increases to 59.48% specifically in Ranked mode. This indicates that Brand is indeed an overly strong Jungler with the ability to clear jungle camps quickly and effectively gank early on.
Brand Jungle's win rate is “peaking” at 59.48% in Ranked modeOf course, Brand still retains the inherent weakness of traditional Mage-type champions, which is lack of mobility. Perhaps Riot should reduce Brand's jungle clearing speed slightly to limit the level dominance this champion currently possesses. This way, Brand will become a more balanced champion with clear strengths and weaknesses instead of being overly dominant as it is now.
