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Braum
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Carry your ADC through a rough lane and transition into a frontline disruptor. You win by keeping your highest damage dealer alive longer than the enemy's. If your carry is 0/5, find the strongest player on your team and become their shadow.
Playstyle
The ultimate bodyguard. You excel at turning enemy aggression into your team's advantage. You aren't the primary engage—you're the wall that breaks the enemy's momentum and enables your ADC to safely shred everyone.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + can single-handedly nullify high-impact ultimates like Ornn's or Miss Fortune's
- + provides incredible crowd control just for your team doing their job (auto-attacking)
- + grants massive defensive stats, making your squishy carries surprisingly tanky
- +Elite counter-engage—enemies jumping on your team are exactly where you want them
Weaknesses
- -Highly reliant on allies to proc stacks; you cannot solo-kill effectively
- -Struggles against heavy poke lanes (Karma, Zyra) who can kite your short range
- - has a massive cooldown early—if you waste it, your carry is a sitting duck
- -Telegraphed engage—without Flash, your and are easy to dodge at range
Abilities
Start the party with an auto or . Once a stack is on, any ally auto counts toward the 4-stack stun. In lanes with high attack speed ADCs (Lucian, Jinx), this is your primary kill threat. Watch the cooldown circle on the enemy's feet—you can't stun the same target twice in a row.
Your main poke and catch tool. It applies a stack from distance. Don't just fish for damage; save it for when the enemy tries to walk up for a minion to force a bad trade or a summoner spell.
Leap to an ally or minion to grant both of you Armor and Magic Resist. Use this to jump in front of a skillshot or to disengage by jumping to a backline minion. It also positions you perfectly for a follow-up .
The shield is directional. It negates the first hit entirely (0 damage) and reduces all follow-up damage from that direction. It destroys projectiles, meaning you can stop a Caitlyn ult or a hook from reaching your carry. Stay mobile while it's up to keep the angle right.
A massive line knockup. Enemies close to you get knocked up longer than those at the end of the line. It leaves a slow field. Use this as follow-up CC or to stop an entire team from diving your backline.
Teamfight Role
Primary Peeler and Projectile Blocker
Stand between the enemy team and your carries. Use to soak up the initial volley of spells. Apply to as many different targets as possible to create chaos and CC for the enemy divers.
If the enemy has a low-mobility backline and you have a clear flank, an R-Flash can be used to initiate, but only if your carry isn't in immediate danger of being dove.
Combos
The Bodyguard
to ally -> toward threat -> the diver
The standard peel response. Jump to your carry to give them resists, block the incoming burst with the shield, and slow the threat to start stacks.
Aggressive Catch
to melee minion -> enemy -> Auto-attack
Use a minion as a bridge to close the gap. This catches enemies off guard who think they are out of range of your .
The Lockdown
-> -> Auto-attack
Used when you need to lock down a priority target. The slow makes hitting the guaranteed, and the R knockup gives your team time to finish the stun.
Flash Surprise
-> Flash (mid-cast) ->
Buffering then flashing hides the animation and extends the range instantly, allowing for a follow-up that the enemy cannot react to.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | is one of the strongest level 1 tools in the game. In invades, if you land one auto, the target is almost certainly dead or forced to flash. |
| Level 3 | With all three basic abilities, you have your full defensive suite. You can now reliably trade and protect your carry from all-ins. |
| Level 6 | gives you massive teamfight presence and a way to stop multi-man dives or interrupt channels. |
| Level 11 | The cooldown on drops significantly, allowing you to use it more freely for picks rather than just saving it for total defense. |
Tips & Tricks
- • increases your movement speed and lets you pass through units—use it to reposition quickly during a fight.
- •The first hit blocked by is 0 damage. Save it for the 'big' hit (like a Lux R or Draven R) rather than a random auto-attack.
- •You can to wards if you have the Lee Sin-like reflexes, but it's rarely optimal—stick to minions or allies.
- • knocks up enemies in a circle around Braum as well as the line. Use this to hit people standing directly behind or on top of you.
- •Always try to auto-attack a different target after the first one is marked by to spread pressure across the whole enemy team.
- •You can use while jumping with to arrive at your destination with the shield already raised.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using while facing the wrong way→The shield is directional. If you turn your back to the enemy to run away, you'll take full damage. Always move while facing the threat.
- ✕Spamming until out of mana→Braum has high mana costs. If you're OOM, you can't use or to save your carry when the jungle ganks.
- ✕Using as a long-range engage→It's slow and easy to sidestep at max range. It's much more effective as a point-blank disruption or follow-up CC.
- ✕Overstaying with active→You are not invincible. While you reduce damage, you still take it. Don't think you're Alistar; you will die if you tank the whole team for too long.
- ✕Neglecting to auto-attack in fights→You lose out on roughly 70% of your CC potential by not helping proc stacks with your own basic attacks.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached