Talk:Braum/@comment-5605969-20140707151028

Braum's passive is strong (maybe a bit too strong), but offers good amounts of counterplay. I think, besides people not knowing how to handle braum, is that his E is just too cheap, and his Q a bit expensive. By increasing mana on his E, they can manage braum better, much like to what happened to Blitzcrank, but since braum is not dependent on 1 skill and has no aditional downside to using a skill (blitz wasted half mana, for a current mana shield) then the nerf wouldn't be as chaotic as blitz's. So i think 5 mana reduced on all Q levels, and increase E tby 20 on every level. Late game, mana is not really an issue, so maybe let it be late, but early he needs to pay to use it.

I know he was designed to be a passive support, and reducing cost on Q would promote more spam, but thats literally his only dmg tool (no braum will actively AA u) unlike even soraka, who possesses Q and E.