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Braum Guide

the Heart of the Freljord

Tank

Support

Tier B Support

Braum, the Heart of the Freljord, is a tank and support champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 613 analysed ranked games, Braum is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 50.6% win rate in that role: tier B among Support champions (#15 of 39, ranked by win rate). Braum's damage is mostly magic (78%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 60.3% in long games (over 35 min, 68 games) versus 46.4% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 613 Support games played with Braum, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Braum is a support-tank whose attacks apply Concussive Blows: his allies' attacks apply them too, and at 4 stacks the target is stunned and takes magic damage. Unbreakable raises his shield to intercept projectiles, Stand Behind Me makes him leap to an ally, and his ultimate knocks up then slows along a line.

The stun

Q › AA AA › AA AA › AA AA

When: Your carry attacks the same target.

Winter's Bite applies a stack, each attack from Braum or an ally adds one; at 4 stacks, the target is stunned and takes magic damage.

Protection

W › E

When: Your carry is threatened by projectiles.

Stand Behind Me leaps you to them to give armor and magic resistance to you both; Unbreakable intercepts projectiles and completely blocks the first attack.

The engage ultimate

R › Q › AA AA

When: Enemies are grouping.

Glacial Fissure knocks up nearby enemies and those on the line, then the fissure slows them.

Laning phase

Apply Concussive Blows with Winter's Bite and your attacks: your allies trigger the effect too, so coordinate with your carry. Point Unbreakable toward enemy projectiles.

Common mistakes

• Forgetting that your allies also trigger Concussive Blows.
• Pointing Unbreakable the wrong way: it only protects in the chosen direction.
• Using the ultimate without coordinating your team.

Riot's official tips for playing Braum

• Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
• Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
• Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Bandlepipes, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (66 games, 66.7% win rate).

Bandlepipes+Knight's Vow+Locket of the Iron Solari

66 games · 66.7%

Protoplasm Harness+Knight's Vow+Locket of the Iron Solari

17 games · 58.8%

Thornmail+Knight's Vow+Locket of the Iron Solari

14 games · 64.3%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal53.8% · 346 games

Exhaust + Flash45.3% · 148 games

Flash + Ignite47.5% · 118 games

Most-played runes

Guardian + Inspiration

49.4% · 468 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life99%

Bone Plating86%

Unflinching92%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight86%

Biscuit Delivery70%

Shards

Attack speed87%

Health scaling74%

Health scaling69%

Guardian + Precision

57.6% · 92 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life100%

Bone Plating92%

Unflinching92%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Haste99%

Triumph99%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Health scaling94%

Health scaling97%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Braum's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team59.2% · 164 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Locket of the Iron Solari 63.3% ▲

Knight's Vow 68.4% ▲

Bandlepipes 67.7% ▲

Thornmail 58.3%

Protoplasm Harness 63.6%

The item that stands out most is Locket of the Iron Solari: 63.3% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team44.2% · 174 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Locket of the Iron Solari 47.3% ▼

Knight's Vow 52.9% ▼

Bandlepipes 51.5% ▼

Thornmail 52.6%

Frozen Heart 35.3%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team49.5% · 275 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Locket of the Iron Solari 49.3% ▼

Knight's Vow 54.2% ▼

Bandlepipes 55.5%

Protoplasm Harness 54.2%

Thornmail 61.9%

Frozen Heart 50.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Braum as Support

Rell Braum: 47.1%17 games

Rell has the edge in 53% of the 17 Support duels against Braum. See the Rell guide.

Leona Braum: 47.8%23 games

Leona has the edge in 52% of the 23 Support duels against Braum. See the Leona guide.

Nautilus Braum: 50.0%62 games

Nautilus has the edge in 50% of the 62 Support duels against Braum. See the Nautilus guide.

Lulu Braum: 50.0%18 games

Lulu has the edge in 50% of the 18 Support duels against Braum. See the Lulu guide.

Thresh Braum: 56.2%32 games

Thresh has the edge in 44% of the 32 Support duels against Braum. See the Thresh guide.

Who Braum is strong against

Nami68.4% · 19 games

Thresh56.2% · 32 games

Nautilus50.0% · 62 games

Lulu50.0% · 18 games

Leona47.8% · 23 games

How to play against Braum

• Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
• Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
• Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Braum's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveConcussive Blows

Braum'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.

QWinter's Bite

Braum propels freezing ice from his shield, slowing and dealing magic damage.

Applies a stack of Concussive Blows.

WStand Behind Me

Braum leaps to a target allied champion or minion. On arrival, Braum and the ally gain Armor and Magic Resist for a few seconds.

EUnbreakable

Braum 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.

RGlacial Fissure

Braum 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.

Frequently asked questions

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