Braum Jungle?
I was taking a look at Braum and was wondering if he would work in the jungle. His passive stuns he has a kinda gapcloser in his w and can reduce little jungle creep's and Gromp's damage. Sooo maybe?
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I think i've seen attack speed braum builds proc Q's hax fast
Aside from his Q and the damage increase it provides, he doesn't have any actual damage/clearing in his kit. Most tank jungles use AoE damage to clear (Nautilus' W, Amumu's tears, etc) in order to grind down all the creeps at once. Without any damage he'd have a very hard time clearing, it'd be very slow, and in the current state with the jungle damage the way it is I'm actually not confident he could clear the first buff and survive without a lot of help. I haven't tried it, granted. Also, his W only gapcloses if you have an ally to jump to, which he does not. EDIT: Forgot that this still gives him a defensive buff. Stupid Kouga.
Additionally, because Braum deals so little of his own damage you have to rely entirely on the laner dealing the damage. High CC ganks do work but, again, even the tank junglers can dish out their own bit of damage.
But hey, give it a shot. If you do, I'd suggest trying to get a heavy leash on the mini-golems (krugs? I think) if you smite it you get a buff that stuns every 6 hits so combined with his Q stun he may be able to lock up red long enough to not die, and the buff would help him clear. Then get trailblazer - another stun!
Actually that sounds kind of funny, even if I still don't think it'd work. But try it out and let us know what happens!
Braum's jungling clear time isn't so bad, and he could be a viable jungler. Take Q first, then E second to negate loads of damage from various jungles. W works similar to E when clearing a camp. His ganks are kinda nifty too, jumping onto your allies and hit Q, or go behind an enemy and hit your slows onto him, plus the passive stacks.
But to play jungle Braum, it is pretty compulsory to build him as a pure tanky jungler, since his Q damage builds up the more HP you have.