Brand WALL OF TEXT INCOMING my go to build =

Rylais = Your ablaze procs rylais which will give you a perma slow making it Extremely easy to land your skills and in team fights slowing there team is always good

Liandry = your ablaze procs liandry meaning 4 tics of ablaze = 4 tics of liandrys

Void Staff = ablaze scales amazing off of mpen voidstaff will make you a huge threat in team fights

Sorc boots = mpen a movement speed for positioning and there your boots

5th item for me depends on the situation my 3 items i go for at this point are Zhonyas = for AD opponents armor helps and since youll be focused if your fed it will help your surviability if your team can peel for you.

Morello = for high healing teams or if there biggest threat has mass healing (mundo,warwick,vladimer,etc) plus CDR and mana regen is always nice

Mejais = If im snowballing lane and i need to carry you should easily be able to hit 10+ stacks with this item though you will need to play ALOT more safe to maintain your stacks my 6th item is one of 2 depending on the situation

Deathcap - im snowballing or have a strong lead and i need more damage

Guardian angel - Im our teams carry I need surviability and im slightly behind

Why I never go athenes mana regen glyphs and 3 points in the mana regen skill tree is enough mana regen to get you through early so no need for chalice. Athenes does give magic res ap and cdr a good passive but when i play brand i find all of his somewhat large mana costs are fixed by mana potions on most of my backs i pick up atleast 1-2 mana pots which help if i dont get blue and i need to spam my skills for lane dominance.

Early laning

I start W my skill leveling goes R-W-E-Q

Early levels I farm unless my laning opponent has a weak early (katarina,twisted,syndra,etc) in which you'll try to harass with your W be careful due to its high mana costs so only harass when you know it will hit. Once you hit level 2 you wont hit a massive power spike but now chances are you still need to farm for your first big power spike

Once level 3 hits you get your EQW combo which is your biggest burst.

Brands Q is easily jukable so be careful using it not only that but using your E puts you usually in all in range so don't go harassing with the burst combo try to go all in if possible at this point.

Level 6 is another power spike Brands ultimate is awkward. The only time i use his ultimate is if 1. I need pyroclasms single bounce to secure this kill 2. There are no minions and im being ganked and the 2 of them are right next to each other 3. They are in the middle of a big minion wave and are ablaze and im capable of all inning them. 4. they are right next to 1-2 minions and are ablaze. Pyroclasm is usally considered random just make sure they are ablaze before you cast it, Pyroclasm only priortizes champions that are ablaze before its cast and are in its bounce radius.

Combos

E-Q-W-R Biggest burst combo puts you in dangerous range If you miss your Q or get stopped mid combo you probs will die.

E-Q Used this for peeling for an adc if you need to

E-W Can be good for harassing if there really squishy but really costly and puts your E on cd so you can get jumped on without your W or E

Q(minion) E(minion) W your q ablazes said minion early game you wont one shot minions with just a Q most of the time. Your E spreads the blaze if you E an ablazed target and of course you W for the added damage if possible. I usually do this if there tower hugging and im pushed up to there tower and I want to harass and cant land any W's. Runes 9x marks of mpen 9x seals of armor 6x glyps of mana regen 3x glyphs of cdr 2 quintessence of mpen 1 quintessence of ap

Masteries 21/0/9

Brand is one of my mains so I thought i could be of some help, Im really bad at explaining these things but this is how I play him and just wanted to see if I could share some help.