Champion sheet · Support

Braum

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.2%#28 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.2%picked in 349 of 2,850 games
Ban: 8.0%167 bans over 2,078 games, against 7.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Support55.3% between 50.9% and 59.6% over 349 gamesSoloQ 51.1%: no clear gap

Median length30.3 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 2,850 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 241,611 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itGuardian, then Dusk and Dawn, Statikk Shiv, and Malignance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +18.0 pts over 54 games, range above zero.+18.0 pt54 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.9%
SoloQ
2.9%
5.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.1%
SoloQ
7.6%
9.1% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 7.6% in soloQ over 108,274 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.3 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 30.3 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Guardian, then Dusk and Dawn, Statikk Shiv, and Malignance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGuardian93% · 13,905

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal52% · 7,734

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 89% · 48 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 1

Dusk and Dawn
Statikk Shiv
Malignance

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of supports.

Plays teamfightstop2%59% · supports: 54%
Absorbs damagetop14%846 · supports: 393
Lets allies carry killstop17%rank 83 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry
CC

Like other supports

Map pressure

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 16 in lane, 20 in mid game and 20 in late game, out of 100 supports.

218-70 vs 288

264-78 vs 342

287-101 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Braumsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 92% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 16 of 100 among supports218 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 20 of 100 among supports264 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 20 of 100 among supports287 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 5 of 100 among supports-144 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 9 of 100 among supports-195 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 46 of 100 among supports4.5 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 86 of 100 among supports846 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 98 of 100 among supports59% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 3 of 100 among supports12% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 83 of 100 among supportsrank 83 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 76 of 100 among supports1.3 · median 1
Team damage · rank 14 of 100 among supports7% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +18.0 pts over 54 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri63.3% · expected 53.6% · 30 g+9.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

ADCgap to expected

Tristana71.0% · expected 58.3% · 31 g+12.7 ptSoloQ -0.3

Kai'Sa61.3% · expected 58.3% · 31 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +4.6

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus70.4% · expected 52.4% · 54 g+18.0 ptSoloQ +1.7

Lulu61.8% · expected 57.7% · 34 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -2.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara61.5% · expected 57.5% · 39 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +3.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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