Talk:Braum/@comment-24823977-20140514151458/@comment-24707901-20140514165233

His Q scales off of his max hp and his W scales off of his bonus armor and MR. His ult scales off of AP but it's negligible.. Braum's kit encourages you to build HP/armor/MR. Seeing as to how Locket of the Iron Solari gives MR, an aura for the team, and HP, you're going to want to build it at somepoint. Braum also lacks tenacity so getting Merc treads are REALLY good on him since he needs to stay mobile to protect his friends. Getting a Randuins is awesome for him, since you get armor and HP and also you get the attack speed slow when you're blocking the attacks! Frozen Heart is really awesome too since you get another aura, a great deal of armor, and CDR. It really helps to have CDR to have your shield up faster and cast abilities more. You should start out with relic shiled I believe, seeing as to how it gives HP for tankiness and helps you to do more damage with Q. Ancient Coin is meh, Braum really doesn't suffer much from mana problems in my opinion.. and he isn't an initiator, but coin is good for team rotations. Maybe start with Relic and later switch to coin just for it's active when fully upgraded. Get a sightstone asap, I cannot stress this enough. The Hp you get makes you even tankier and you save money on buying wards. After gold item and sightstone, get boots, then get Randuins, Locket of the Iron Solari before Spirit Visage/Banshee's(SV is good because of the HP and MR AND CDR you get, but Banshee's helps from a lot of burst with its passive, MR and HP). upgrade to Merc treads(If you use your shield right, you won't need Tabi's as much as the tenacity you get from Mercs). And then a frozen heart. Later, if you kept the Relic shield, you could sell it and get a Warmog's or SV if the game has gone on this long. Really, just adapt to the other team. Always try to grab Locket and Randuin's though, the aura/actives of those are core to protect your squishies IMO.

I like to upgrade my boots too. I get homeguard's sometime's because I like to get to lane fast. Alacrity could help you be a little faster, they're pretty good too. Seeing as to how you prob won't be flash initiating..Distortion are meh. Captain's a good to increase your friend's MS! I think some people just forget to upgrade them, that's why