Talk:Braum/@comment-24330271-20140712171003/@comment-24073465-20140716135353

As I said, Braum will wreck you and your adc if you choose to play the "decrease the distance to start a fight" game i.e. using Thresh, Leona, or Blitz....maybe Taric also....

However, his three MAIN weaknesses are consistent poke, CC, and mobility....

For poke, it's simple...use someone like Sona, Zilean, Nami, Annie, Morgana, Zyra, etc...stay in bushes, wait for those times when he comes close and just use your Q (or W or E as the case may be)...he can't always keep shielding your damage is on a low cd....should HE try to engage, almost all of these have a disengage (Sona has E/R if needed, Annie has her stun, Zil can slow Braum/speed up ally, Nami has both of those, Zyra has slow/snares/Knock Up, and do I REALLY need to explain Morg?)...Here's the thing though, most of the time, you don't use the cc on Braum if he engages....you use them on THE ADC....Why? Because beyond the first few levels (when EVERYONE plays carefully), Braum's damage is barely a tickle...he is dependent on his Cait/Varus/Lucian/Vayne/whatever to bring the heat....without them, he MIGHT get his stun off, maybe even his ult, but beyond that, there will barely be any damage.....for an adc with lifesteal or potions, it'll be alright.... The reason Braum can't handle the harass is that despite having E to block attacks, he has no sustain...any and all damage taken isn't going to be regained, plus he can't block all harass, simply because of E's long cd and spamming it would cause severe mana depletion...

CC is simpler....ever play Morg, Zyra, or Nami? Good! Land that Q! Combine your other spells for harass! Now do it 3 times! Now watch them go to base faster than an ulting Yi with 100 HP on Crystal Meth!

To give a second example: Alistar....it completely plays out like a pokemon battle...Wild Braum appeared! Wild Braum used Winter's Bite or Glacial Fissure! Alistar used Headbutt+Triumphant Roar......Wild Braum used Stand By Me->Unbreakable...Alistar used Headbutt on Braum+Pulverize (Or Pulverize+Headbutt on ADC in opposite direction)....all this allowed adc to harrass easily....Enemy Low? Under Tower? Alistar used R+Q+W...It's SUPEREFFECTIVE!....adc took care of them....enemy adc fainted!(well, died actually, but you get what I mean)...You gained 300 G...Congratulations, you've won another League battle...just 2000 more and you can face Wild Turtle for the LOL championship...

As for mobility, not much explanation needed....Unless you're Morde, you usually have some skills for cc or to move yourself....the only trick is when to use it...holding on to such skills and using RIGHT AFTER his Q or R is key...Braum is an Anti-Engagement support....doesn't matter if you're ranged or melee, but if you engage with him nearby, he jumps for joy...then jumps for saving ally...THEN jumps for glacial fissure.....But if you focus on constant poke and harass, the Moustache man cries himself to sleep....

Did this answer the question of what his weaknesses are?