Braum Consensus

[quote=FantasySniper]So, how is [[Braum]] so far? What matchups is he good/bad against? What items seem to build well/can fill a particular niche on him? Etc, etc... I'll be updating the Topic Post with things people have submitted. From what has been seen so far, he is basically a better [[Taric]] (thanks, OTGBionicArm). [[Braum]] has a stun and gives resistances to his teammates, and his ultimate is more versatile, but he has about the same playmaking potential. He requires a lot of teamwork, since his entire kit is technically based around the positioning of his teammates, and you can find myself with very little possible to accomplish when on your own. Core Items: [[Face of the Mountain]], [[Sightstone]] Boots: [[Ninja Tabi]], [[Mercury's Treads]] Potential Items: [[Frozen Heart]], [[Warmog's Armor]], [[Randuin's Omen]], [[Locket of the Iron Solari]], [[Sunfire Cape]], [[Spirit Visage]] Troll Items: [[Wit's End]] [[Braum]] is good against: (thanks again, OTG) [[Thresh]], [[Blitz]], [[Leona]] [[Braum]] is good with: [[Ashe]], [[Caitlyn]], [[Lucian]], [[Twitch]] (All have ways of being able to better proc [[Concussive Blows]]) [[Braum]] is countered by: CC in general, Harass, [[Zyra]], [[Morgana]][/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]From spamming him I can say the following as a support main; [[braum]] feels much like a better [[taric]] in lane. He stops engages and keeps the carry alive. generallly safe laner. Much like [[Taric]] he has little to no kill potential in lane until he gets his ultimate, at which point he is excessively stronger than [[Taric]] and can actually all-in and kill people. In lane his biggest issues are area effect abilities that bypass his shield and constant harass (as his E cannot be up forever!). He's far better suited to muzzle aggressive melee laners such as [[leona]] and [[blitzcrank]], or even [[thresh]]. As a team fighter, [[Braum]] is bonkers. Handing people the equivalent of a GA in stats with his W and gaining a free 40% damage reduction for himself is godamn retarded. His passive is also silly and you can kind of do an [[Udyr]] esque thing of tagging every target you can with his passive. My conclusion; likely high tier 2 support, good for counterpicking but ultimately very hard to carry with in soloq. Also; Top and jungle [[braum]] suck, don't do it.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD]I haven't really seen him in action yet. Based on the numbers and playstyle, I don't think he's amazing. He seems to be incredibly close range and is oriented around enemy plays rather than making your own. His cool downs also are as huge as his shield is, especially early-game. I think he'll fit on some team comps but I don't see him shine as all-round support.[/quote]

[quote=xIchi]^that. I thought about it. He really needs a team that allows him to jump into a the fight. Otherwise he is just a support lee sin with a similar style of peel.[/quote]

[quote=Ninja Trigger][quote=FantasySniper] [[Braum]] is good against: (thanks again, OTG) [[Thresh]], [[Blitz]], [[Leona]] [[Braum]] is good with: [[Ashe]], [[Caitlyn]], [[Lucian]], [[Twitch]] (All have ways of being able to better proc [[Concussive Blows]]) [[Braum]] is countered by: CC in general, Harass, [[Zyra]], [[Morgana]] [/quote] I have only played four [[Braum]] games so far, and every time it's with a [[Vayne]] or a [[Draven]] and getting the [[concussive Blows]] to proc is a nightmare I wish more of my friends that I duo with played [[Lucian]] cause I can see them being a really good lane partner. Just because with his super slow auto attack all you can really do is just get the [[Concussive Blows]] started also three out of the four games I played was always against another [[Braum]] support :( anyway I find him to be really freaking strong early/late game but mid game he just feels slow and cant do much without with out his entire team backing him up. [quote=GrandmasterD]I haven't really seen him in action yet. Based on the numbers and playstyle, I don't think he's amazing. He seems to be incredibly close range and is oriented around enemy plays rather than making your own. His cool downs also are as huge as his shield is, especially early-game. I think he'll fit on some team comps but I don't see him shine as all-round support.[/quote] Exactly with his slow auto attack combined with the fact you have to wait for the enemy team to make a slip up puts him in a really weak-state mid game. However his early game can still be really strong assuming [Braum]] isn't spamming and going oom right away, if he makes the most out of his kit he can set up some really strong trades[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf][quote=OTGBionicArm] [[braum]] feels much like a better [[taric]] in lane. He stops engages and keeps the carry alive. generallly safe laner. Much like [[Taric]] he has little to no kill potential in lane until he gets his ultimate, at which point he is excessively stronger than [[Taric]] and can actually all-in and kill people. [/quote] I sort of disagree. A well placed [[Winter's bite]] can absolutely dunk a lane early on. He just seems like a super great support if you ask me.[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm][quote=Lugignaf] [quote=OTGBionicArm] [[braum]] feels much like a better [[taric]] in lane. He stops engages and keeps the carry alive. generallly safe laner. Much like [[Taric]] he has little to no kill potential in lane until he gets his ultimate, at which point he is excessively stronger than [[Taric]] and can actually all-in and kill people. [/quote] I sort of disagree. A well placed [[Winter's bite]] can absolutely dunk a lane early on. He just seems like a super great support if you ask me. [/quote] It gets cockblocked by minions too easily or I'd agree. not to mention, usually your carry will have to make up those 3 hits to proc passive if you just got a random Q on them as Braum doesn't have the mobility to just walk up and deck people in the back most of the time. With certain carries ([[Lucian]] mostly) his passive is rather easy to proc and he can get some awesome early damage though, I agree. But he still has no kill potential on his own without the enemy making massive mistakes or over committing to a fight.[/quote]

[quote=Ninja Trigger][[Winter's Bite]]s hit box is a little misleading it's smaller then it looks and like OTG said it gets cockblocked by minions. As support you really need your adc to follow up to proc [[concussive blows]] other wise our never going to get it off safely[/quote]

[quote=Mooninites][quote=OTGBionicArm] [[braum]] feels much like a better [[taric]] in lane. He stops engages and keeps the carry alive. generallly safe laner. Much like [[Taric]] he has little to no kill potential in lane until he gets his ultimate, at which point he is excessively stronger than [[Taric]] and can actually all-in and kill people. [/quote] [[Taric]] has a better laning phase and more kill potential. I actually think [[Braum]] has a terrible laning phase. His Q is pretty slow, doesn't do that much damage, and can easily be avoided by standing behind creeps. Plus he has no way to engage on you unless the AD does (like [[Tristana]] using [[rocket jump]]) so he's pretty easily beat by poking down. I think he's okay, he's not op, although certain aspects are. His passive is ridiculously strong and so is his E (the sheild thingy), but aside from that his Q and ultimate do shit damage. I thought his ult was going to be broken as shit, but I think it's pretty meh. Those are my initial impressions, I have to play him a bit more[/quote]

[quote=utopus]I find that the problem with braum is that he really doesn't do that much damage. I'd definitely like to see the bonus damage on concussive blows get increased though. I think those deserve to be higher - or at least have some sort of scaling to them![/quote]