Braum·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Braum Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build Guinsoo's Rageblade, Titanic Hydra and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 41.1% winrate over 292 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Braum Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Blade of The Ruined King as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus and Wit's End. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 35.7% win rate over 70 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Triumph with Legend: Alacrity in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Kraken Slayer as a third item. You want to finish the build with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Wit's End and Immortal Shieldbow. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 29.2% win rate across 65 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Braum Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Triumph with Legend: Alacrity as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Heartsteel as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Titanic Hydra as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Sunfire Aegis and Frozen Heart. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 38.5% win rate over 52 matches played.

Situational Braum Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Braum build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.