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Braum for Beginners

BeginnersData-drivenEasyPatch 16.19.1
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This guide is assembled by the site from match data and the game's own information — nobody wrote it by hand. Official and community guides appear alongside it when they exist.

Overview

Braum belongs to Riot's Tank and Support classes and is played mainly as Support (100% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. In this guide you play it as Support: your job is to win the bottom lane with your marksman, control vision and enable your carries. Braum is one of the more forgiving picks, a good choice to learn the role.

Strengths

  • Very durable: Riot rates it 9/10 in defense.
  • Mobility: Stand Behind Me lets you reposition, engage or escape.
  • Sustain from Winter's Bite.

Weaknesses

  • Low priority on gold and experience.
  • Predictable if you always play it the same way: adapt your build to the enemy team.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Simple build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The standard build with only two situational answers: fewer decisions, so you can focus on your lane and your abilities.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. SupportMain100% of matches

Starting items

World AtlasHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Locket of the Iron Solari
  2. 2Knight's Vow
  3. 3Sunfire Aegis

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Situational

Dead Man's PlateAgainst heavy physical damage.Kaenic RookernAgainst heavy magic damage.

Runes

Primary· Resolve

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Grasp of the UndyingAftershockGuardian
DemolishFont of LifeShield Bash
ConditioningSecond WindBone Plating
OvergrowthRevitalizeUnflinching

Secondary· Inspiration

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspiration
Hextech FlashtraptionMagical FootwearCash Back
Triple TonicTime Warp TonicBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightApproach VelocityJack Of All Trades

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Ignite

Abilities

  • Concussive BlowsPassiveBraum's basic attacks apply Concussive Blows. Once the first stack is applied, ally basic attacks also stack Concussive Blows. Upon reaching 4 stacks, the target is stunned and takes magic damage. For the next few seconds they cannot receive new stacks, but take bonus magic damage from Braum's attacks.Passive — applies a stun. It works on its own: play around it.
  • QWinter's Bite8/7.5/7/6.5/6s45/50/55/60/65 mpBraum propels freezing ice from his shield, slowing and dealing magic damage. Applies a stack of Concussive Blows .
    Cooldown
    8·7.5·7·6.5·6
    Cost
    45·50·55·60·65
    Range
    1000
  • WStand Behind Me12/11/10/9/8s40 mpBraum leaps to a target allied champion or minion. On arrival, Braum and the ally gain Armor and Magic Resist for a few seconds.
    Cooldown
    12·11·10·9·8
    Cost
    40
    Range
    650
  • EUnbreakable16/14/12/10/8s30/35/40/45/50 mpBraum raises his shield in a direction for several seconds, intercepting all projectiles causing them to hit him and be destroyed. He negates the damage of the first attack completely and reduces the damage of all subsequent attacks from this direction.
    Cooldown
    16·14·12·10·8
    Cost
    30·35·40·45·50
    Range
    25000
  • RGlacial FissureUltimate130/115/100s100 mpBraum slams the ground, knocking up enemies nearby and in a line in front of him. A fissure is left along the line that slows enemies.
    Cooldown
    130·115·100
    Cost
    100
    Range
    1250
    Ultimate — slows. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1What Braum does

Braum belongs to Riot's Tank and Support classes and is played mainly as Support (100% of the public matches we measured). It fights in melee range and uses mana. The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Concussive Blows and mobility with Stand Behind Me. Its ultimate is Glacial Fissure.

2The basics

In this guide you play it as Support: your job is to win the bottom lane with your marksman, control vision and enable your carries.

  • Vision: every ward you place is information your team can use.
  • Don't take minions from your marksman: your gold comes from your support item.

3Common mistakes

Most new players lose games with the same few mistakes. Avoid these and you'll already be ahead:

  • Warding alone in enemy territory.
  • Using Concussive Blows on the tank instead of the carry.
  • Leaving your marksman alone in lane for too long.

4Your first games

Your lane is about your marksman: trade when the enemy walks up to last hit, and ward the river before dragon spawns. Complete your support quest to unlock wards. Use the simple build in this guide and don't worry about situational choices yet.

Tips

  • Vision: every ward you place is information your team can use.
  • Don't take minions from your marksman: your gold comes from your support item.
  • Check the minimap every few seconds: most deaths come from a jungler you didn't see.
  • Learn what Glacial Fissure does before anything else: it's the ability that wins fights.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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