Braum has been underwhelming.

Kiyo Crescent·Oct 2, 2015·2 votes·717 views

So, braum has been underwhelming. Any ideas why he is so popular v so under-performing ?

14 Comments

TurquoiseYoshiOct 2, 20152 votes

He's been so good for so long that people are finding champion counters (Morg) and play counters. His Level 1 is so amazing that people don't really pay attention to his meh rest of the game. It could also be that people playing him aren't very comfortable on him, like how the Flash Wolves mid played GP because he was good, but played like an idiot until about the first teamfight.

LintheOct 2, 20151 votes

Cant look at a single champ over a small sample size... It's still a team game.

Kiyo CrescentOct 2, 20151 votes

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Cant look at a single champ over a small sample size... It's still a team game.

1/9. out of the top teams in the world he has a 10% win rate. not asking for your opinion about the sample size, im asking why he has been underwhelming thus far.

Ale non è maleOct 2, 20151 votes

In most of the games he hasn't been used well And he is a champ that rely on his team doing damage, since he can't do much from that point of view and is one of the worst split pusher among supports

A Palmtop TigerOct 2, 20151 votes

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1/9. out of the top teams in the world he has a 10% win rate. not asking for your opinion about the sample size, im asking why he has been underwhelming thus far.

He is right tho. Looking at such a small sample size is a really bad way to draw conclusions. I bet if Braum was 8/9 in worlds you would claim he is overpowered. There are so many factors in these games such as teamwork, team comps, personal performance that looking at 9 games and calling Braum underwhelming is pretty sad. TBH he is a really strong support atm as he offers reliable CC, a moving windwall, and tankyness.

LintheOct 2, 20151 votes

Because the teams that happened to pick Braum were BAD. Look at the teams he was on and lost (eg PAIN, BKT).. Doesnt matter WHO the support was... it was gonna be a LOSS.

Ale non è maleOct 2, 20151 votes

I agree Braum so far had 1 loss on FW vs CLG, 4 on H2K and BKT vs EDG and SKT and 1 on TSM vs KT

These are literaly 6 losses on what was the clearly inferior team on paper. It could be argued that braum selections didn't help at all, but quite frankly, I don't think any support pick could have changed the outcome of those games 1 win was CLG vs paiN, so again, I think it didn't change much the outcome of the game

In the rest of the "balanced" games braum is at 0W-2L, but one was the ahQ getting lost and throwing the advantage vs C9 (and with ahQ support playing Braum really bad), and the other was Origen masterpiece vs LGD which otucome depended from things other than the weakness of Braum as champ

SoriokuOct 2, 20151 votes

I agree. Yet somehow he's the most contested support. He sounds really good on paper but I think he only excels at laning/roaming. He's picked for his wall but he only has 4 seconds and the CD is far too long. He's not the tankiest person with the E down and the W is rarely used in meaningful ways. He's just not a good pick imo, especially compared to Thresh/Bard/Morgana.

Death by GlamourOct 2, 20151 votes

I think he was usually just picked by the weaker team.

More noticable was the lack of janna, thresh and the return of q as wide as the lane morgana

Ale non è maleOct 2, 20151 votes

Thresh has been banned vs H2k in both games, was used by iG vs Fnattic (misused with lane swap, I would add), and was picked/banned in another pair of games He hasn't been overwhelming, but he is still considered at the top of the chain

Ale non è maleOct 2, 20151 votes

Anyway, i don't think Braum is necessarily a good enough choice if you know your team is inferior to your adversary. Braum has one of the least carry potential around for top tier picks. He can make HUGE plays for his mates, but at the end it is still them that have to carry hard and output damage, so if they are clearly inferior the enemy can still work around Braum plays Inferior teams should go with riskier picks on their support, imho

Skia AsteriOct 2, 20151 votes

Because he is being picked early to hide other picks. He is a defensive pick, and he is being picked before seeing if he is the best choice for protecting his carries from the threats the other team brings.

TBakesOct 3, 20151 votes

The analysts pointed out that he seems to do better against strong-laning ADCs like Sivir or Corki. Many of the ADCs so far have been siege-oriented or jugger-maw. Also, he syncronizes well with Yasuo, and he has yet to be played in Worlds even though he was played frequently during the Split.

It is also justified to claim that he might have been picked by teams who were less likely to win anyway, which would skew the win-rate.