Brandvs Katarina
Brand vs Katarina is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Katarina wins with a 59.1% win rate (+18.2%) over Brand based on 22 games. Katarina holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Brand build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Brand vs Katarina matchup.
Brand Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Brand performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Brand vs Katarina?
Brand wins 51.9% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 34.0% and 69.3% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.0% From both champions' overall Mid win rates
- Matchup effect
- +0.8 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 27 games Lane: Mid
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Brand, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Brand wins 51.9% of 27 games (95% range 34.0–69.3%).
- Both champions' overall Mid win rates predict 51.0% for Brand; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Brand players pick the W > E > Q skill order much less often against Katarina: 75.1% of their other Mid games, 48.1% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Brand and Katarina played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Brand's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Brand vs Katarina Laning Stats
Only 27 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Brand vs Katarina Win Rate by Game Length
Brand's win rate against Katarina by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Brand's results against Katarina in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Brand vs Katarina Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Brand Changes Against Katarina
Choices Brand players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Mid games.
- W > E > Qthe W > E > Q skill orderSkill priorityUsually75.1%vs Katarina48.1%−27.0 pts
- W > Q > Ethe W > Q > E skill orderSkill priorityUsually16.3%vs Katarina33.3%+17.0 pts
ElectrocuteKeystoneUsually1.1%vs Katarina11.1%+10.0 pts
Attack Speed (offense)Stat shardUsually3.3%vs Katarina11.1%+7.8 pts
FimbulwinterItemUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Katarina3.7%+3.7 pts
Control Ward + Tear of the Goddess + Stealth WardStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Katarina3.7%+3.7 pts
Cleanse + FlashSummoner spellsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Katarina3.7%+3.7 pts
Stormraider's SurgeKeystoneUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Katarina3.7%+3.7 pts
Best Brand Build vs Katarina
Usual Brand build (Mid)
76.5% win rate · 17 games
Against Katarina
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 18 Brand games against Katarina carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Brand's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: W > E > Q — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Brand Runes vs Katarina
Usual Brand runes (Mid)
Deathfire Touch
53.8% win rate · 433 games
Against Katarina
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Brand draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Brand matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Brand's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Brand build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Brand Matchups
Hardest for Brand
Easiest for Brand
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Brand vs Katarina FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Brand vs Katarina?
Current data slightly favors Brand, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Brand wins 51.9% of 27 games (95% range 34.0–69.3%).
What is Brand's win rate against Katarina?
Brand wins 51.9% of 27 Mid games against Katarina on patch 26.19 (95% range 34.0–69.3%). Based on both champions' overall Mid win rates, 51.0% would be expected.
Does Brand counter Katarina?
Not clearly. Brand wins 51.9% of 27 games against Katarina, and the 95% range (34.0–69.3%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Brand or Katarina?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (27) to say who wins lane.
Does Brand outscale Katarina?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Katarina strongest against Brand?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Katarina is ahead of Brand beyond the margin of error.
What should Brand build against Katarina?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Brand's usual Mid core: Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Rabadon's Deathcap. The biggest change against Katarina: Fimbulwinter (under 0.5% usually, 3.7% here).
What runes should Brand use against Katarina?
Use Brand's usual Deathfire Touch page (Sorcery + Precision); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Katarina: Electrocute (1.1% usually, 11.1% here).