[2.1] Braum Guide - Guide to Braum (with Runes, Matchups, and Builds)
Guide to Braum (with Runes, Matchups, and Builds)
Braum Build
Best Build Guide for Braum
Item Build Description
Additional information on the items
Ruby Crystal : Gives a generous amount of HP, your go-to starting item
Mercury's Treads : Gives Tenacity, which reduces time of being crowd controlled, really good for Braum since he will be blocking CC's left and right
[Locket Enchant] : Good for doing tower dives when your jungler ganks, or to help your ADC survive burst from champions like Evelynn
For the situational items, you build it after the [Locket Enchant] IF the enemies have specific champions. Enemies have heavy healers like Dr. Mundo or Soraka ? Build a Bramble Vest . Having trouble surviving AP burst from champions like Fizz , Evelynn , and Akali ? Buy a Hexdrinker
Now, your first item after your Boot Enchant (if you didn't buy any of the situational items) depends on the enemy composition. Do they have heavy crit or attack speed like Jhin or Jinx ? Build a Randuin's Omen . A lot of champions that depend on basic attacks other than their ADC like Master Yi and Yasuo ? Build a Thornmail . Not a lot of both, but are still mostly composed of AD like Lee Sin and Zed ? Build a Protector's Vow
Do they have AP champions whose main damage are in one or two abilities such as Akali or Kennen ? Build an Adaptive Helm . Still have a lot of AP champions that don't fit that description? Build an Abyssal Mask
Then you can buy a Zeke's Convergence . It gives Armor and Magic Resist along with a mana boost and boosts your team's stats when you activate your ultimate, [braum:ult], it's really useful in a teamfight. Grab it as a second item that isn't a boot enchant for the most part, but grab another defense item if you really need it
After that, you can build whatever to keep yourself alive, the game usually already ends at this point, you can buy something like a Sterak's Gage or a Dead Man's Plate or a Warmog's Armor
Braum Runes
Best Runes for Braum
Font of Life : Easy to proc with Winter's Bite . Gives your ADC a bit more heal.
Triumph : The heal is amazing. With this and your Unbreakable damage reduction you're hard to kill.
Hunter - Titan : Remember what I said about Tenacity? By participating in a takedown of the whole enemy team you get 20% more tenacity which is nice.
Pack Hunter : To get more gold for you and your teammates.
Skill Order
How to distribute skill points
Summoner Spells
When to take which summoners
Combos
Learn how to maximize the champions potential
The Combo you're gonna use the most for saving your ADC
Quickly engage in a teamfight when you're behind your teammates
Combo for chasing enemies since Winter's Bite slows and Unbreakable gives movespeed
Braum Matchups & Counters
Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters
Position correctly so he won't Pulverize both you and your ADC but stay in range for Stand Behind Me to retreat or protect your ADC
Playstyle
On laning phase, try to poke with Winter's Bite . You can use Glacial Fissure to either engage or disengage. Place your ward on the line bush close to the lane as deep into the river as possible, and place the ward on the bush close to the tower if you're getting pushed under tower so you won't get dived under tower. Try to ask for a gank when the dragon is about to spawn so you can take dragon. Remember that Unbreakable can block projectiles so you can prevent enemies from stealing the dragon. When Rift Herald spawns and your jungler and baron laner is in a good spot to take it, if you haven't already won or lost lane, tell your ADC to stay safe then recall and secure rift herald, since, again, Unbreakable can prevent steals. On the midgame follow your carry and try to ward deep and take small objectives such as Rift Scuttler. When a teamfight breaks out and a carry is at low health you can use [Locket Enchant], Heal, [braum:2] + Unbreakable , and/or Glacial Fissure to keep them alive. Glacial Fissure also does really well with good teamfighting ultimates like Last Breath , Command: Shockwave , Slicing Maelstrom , etc.
Final Words
Thank you for taking your time and reading through this guide, I really appreciate it. This guide isn't perfect, especially the matchups section, as it doesn't include Corki , Tristana , Janna , and Orianna , and that's simply because I haven't played against them that much.
Have a good day, and good luck at Braum!
Terms used in this Guide
CC : Stands for Crowd Control, an effect that limits someone's actions, such as not allowing them to move, or not allowing them to use abilities (i.e. Blinding Dart , Unstoppable Force )
Tenacity : A stat that reduces CC time excluding knockbacks and knockups. If you have 50% Tenacity and a 2 second stun hit you, it will only last for 1 second (Tenacity is obtained from things like Mercury's Treads and the Hunter - Titan rune)
AD : Attack Damage, a stat that increases your basic attack damage and on some champions, their ability's damage ( Garen and Lee Sin are an example of AD champions, while Death's Dance and Mortal Reminder are an example of items that increase AD)
ADC : Attack Damage Carry, an AD champion with the potential to carry, usually a marksman in the dragon lane ( Draven and Jinx are an example of an ADC)
AP : Ability Power, a stat that increases your magic damage on a mage's abilities ( Ziggs and Singed are an example of AP champions, while Rabadon's Deathcap and Luden's Echo are an example of AP items)
Armor/AR : A stat that reduces the amount of physical damage you take ([sunfire cape] and Thornmail are an example of armor items)
Magic Resist/MR : A stat that reduces the amount of magic damage you take ( Spirit Visage and Adaptive Helm are an example of magic resist items)