Talk:Braum/@comment-8468980-20140424042105/@comment-8468980-20140425233027

" But it shouldn't be compaired to other supports shields, but it's not really his shield ability, it's a dash + self buff.  E is the "real" shield ability and it's better then any one elses."

So what I'm reading is, you say W isn't a bad skill because E helps it. While I get that they're meant to be used in tandem, I don't think support abilities should require using another to be useful. For example, I'm playing Taric and I stun lane opponent ADC. I don't need to followup with any other spell for this stun to be very beneficial to my laning partner, however, a stunned enemy is a prime target for Shatter (which reduces enemy armor) and maybe even Radiance to squeeze as much damage out of this opportunity as possible. Again, I don't need to cast these abilities to make Taric's Q useful.

So for starters, I don't think W's dependance on E is a good excuse.

Second, E isn't really all that it's cracked up to be. It's not really Windwall, since Braum isn't anywhere close to being invincible and still gets CC'd. E won't do anything to prevent *Braum* from being caught and before he has items, he's still a valid target to kill in lane. That said, in Braum's defense, windwall is immobile and he can move around provided he's not redirecting CC to himself.

"That's kayle's ult, on a 10 second cooldown."

It really isn't though, because it doesn't block everything (would you believe Lucian Q bypasses it entirely? and Tibbers isn't a projectile either) nor does it prevent an enemy jungler from closing the gap and landing their own CC.

"No, he's not going to kill anything, but he's is flat out he's flat out the best DEFENSIVE suport there is."

Passive supporting died out mid Season 2, supports with little ability to leverage kills aren't useful. Even Soraka and Sona are required to play aggressively. In addition, I'd argue that Morganna is a far better support for defending against high aggression lanes. She's become super popular because Black Shield lets her ADC escape Leo/Thresh/Annie CC and her ult prevents advances really well.