Bruiser Flex
Primary
Tier
Fast 9
1-Cost Reroll
2-Cost Reroll
3-Cost Reroll
Fast 8
Fast 9
1 & 2-Cost Reroll
1 & 3-Cost Reroll
2 & 3-Cost Reroll
9
96
Main
▾
Traits
1
Targon
1
1
Rune Mage
1
4
Bruiser
2 > 4 > 6
3
Freljord
3 > 5 > 7
3
Ionia
3 > 5 > 7 > 10
2
Defender
2 > 4 > 6
2
Invoker
2 > 4
2
Yordle
2 > 4 > 6 > 8 > 10
1
1
4
3
3
2
2
2
Tips & Tricks
- Play around this when you have Ahri from orb or Sion to unlock Leblanc typically. You want to play around Ionia with Bruisers or Noxus with Bruisers typically and go for winstreak if possible while slamming AP items.
- Item augments help you itemize Wukong, Volibear, and Lissandra in Stage 4.
- If you play from Sion opener, Volibear is not typically too difficult to unlock as long as you have a Sunfire or Warmogs (Warmogs is practically a free unlock). Wukong 2 also makes Volibear very easy to unlock.
- If you can’t unlock Volibear with 4 Bruiser + 3 Freljord on Sion or Kobuko, make sure you are holding bruisers during your level 8 rolldown as playing 6 Bruiser can make unlocking Voli possible. If you can’t unlock Volibear in Stage 4, this line is NOT playable. He is key to making the line work.
- Swordsmith is only good if you have Volibear unlocked and don’t have items for him yet. Do not click it if you have to wait 2+ rounds for Volibear (in other words, do not take if you must get an item from carousel to unlock him).
- Belts are high priority in any comp that needs to unlock Volibear, so keep that in mind when picking items on carousel.
- The hardest part about this comp is how to play level 8. In an ideal world, you tempo’d into Stage 4 with Sion 2 and LeBlanc 2 and can play one of the several level 8 variations listed with only a few rolls. You do NOT want to roll deep on 8 in this line or you will go bot 4 most of the time.
- However, there are some games where you will have no choice but to roll deep on 8 and settle for whatever placement you get. Just understand that the goal is to roll as little as possible which often means playing around the LeBlanc and Sion you had in your opener. Sion 2 is better than Wukong 1.
- Unlocking Kennen by Stage 4 is difficult, but should be possible by 4-7. Hold all Shens, Wukongs, Sejuanis, and Kobukos. This covers a minimum of 4 star levels. Hold additional defenders, Yordles, and Ionians as needed to unlock on 4-7.
- This comp is difficult to play because it doesn’t want to roll deep on 8 and the Kennen unlock. In higher elo, it performs far better than low elo due to this challenge. Only play if you are comfortable taking on a more challenging line.
Strong Conditions
+3 Tier Conditions B → S+
Lifting Competition+2 Tier Conditions B → S
Bruiser Emblem
Spirit Link
Spirit of Redemption+1 Tier Conditions B → A
Dawncore
Talisman Of Ascension
Belt Overflow
Buried Treasures
Call to Chaos
Cluttered Mind
Epoch
Explosive GrowthExplosive Growth+
Eye For An EyeEye For An Eye+
Forward Thinking
Going Long
Heart of Steel
Indecision II
Jeweled Lotus I
Jeweled Lotus II
Last Second Save
Plot Armor
Replication
Retribution
Slammin’+
Slice of Life
Slightly Magic Roll
Small Grab Bag
Solo Plate
Staffsmith
SwordsmithOpeners
Bruiser Invoker
Briar
Shen
Sona
Sion
LeBlanc 
3
2
2
Ionia
LuluShenSion
Xin Zhao
Ahri3
2
2
Lissandra
Wukong
Freljord
Invoker
Lissandra
4
4
Current
Alt Build 1
Alt Build 2
Alt Build 3
Alt Build 4
Frozen Tomb
Health
The Relentless Storm
Runic Overload
)
)
)
Diverting Trickster
Slicing Maelstrom
You & Me!
Economy Strategy
- Without econ augment, fast 9 is almost impossible without win-streak.
- Level to 4 if you have upgrades and a good item to place on one of those upgrades.
- Level to 5, unless on 3-loss streak.
- Level to 6 if on 4+ win streak (scout to see if necessary in high elo) or can stay above 40g.
- Level to 6, unless you would go below 30g. If you have to stay level 5 due to low gold (rare), then level to 6 on 3-5.
- Level to 7 if you can stay above 30g, otherwise stay level 6.
- Level to 7, or 8 if you can stay above 30g.
- Level to 8. Main difference from Fast 8 is how much you roll on 8. Ideally you are high HP and don’t need to roll at all. Otherwise, roll for acceptable board and accumulate gold afterward.
- Level to 9 if you are rich enough to roll 40g+. Generally only possible with economy augment or encounter.
- Level to 9 if you can roll 40g+ or if low HP.
- Level to 9 and roll for important 5-costs. For the remainder of game, roll until you hit your 2 star itemized units. Can consider level 10 after hitting.
Freljord emblem feels like it could be +1 or +2 tier for the same reasoning as Bruiser emblem.
It gives a large amount of health (+400), and allows your Kobuko / Wukong to benefit from Freljord’s bonus HP (additional 12%), making it fairly easy to hit 3.8k HP.
2* Kobuko with just Freljord Emblem and 4 Bruiser 3 Frel has (1710 + 400 + 150) * (1 + 0.45 + 0.2) = 3729 HP, so you just need any item or augment that gives health to cross the threshold. 2* Wukong also crosses threshold with just Freljord Emblem, but is harder to hit at 4-2.
i don’t know how you can reach lvl9 with going long …
I always feel like im one or two lives away from getting to this board, takes so much effort to unlock both kennen, then voli, then ryze. When I finally get the finished board im one life :'(
just play from yordle then flex to brusier
Sion 2 easily unlocks Volibear if you were stable enough during early-mid game. You can unlock Ryze with 3 noxus 3 freljord 2 yordle 1 targon board without Kennen, if you didn’t manage to unlock him. Holding just a few yordle/defender/ionians in 3rd stage makes unlocking kennen at 3-7 round quite easy. If played correctly, you are not sacrificing any rounds for unlocks.
The Lissandra Seraphine board kinda seems like a better version of this no? I’m wondering at what point you’d rather cap out on this than the lissandra seraphine one.
I have lost probably between 200-400 lp in the last day running this build >,< I always mess up with something and can't pull Volibear. Oh my god, I'm going nuts
Literally his unlock condition is so stupid, I hate it so much.
Why did this get weaker on 16.3?
lvl 9 is more expensive
this guide saved me from a turbo 8th, tyvm
I would just add some Zilean variants without the bruiser emblem because in my game it was legit impossible to unlock Kennen until 5-7 because I couldn’t 2 star another eligible unit for the life of me (very rare I know). But some sort of 4 invoker variant that caps on Zilean without Ryze/Kennen is pretty good too
either 4 bruiser or https://tactics.tools/team-builder/aC$rA$nI$AP$OW$ECpX$AR2YAEwZ where Taric can be replaced w a defender or a warden (Ornn)
hate this patch. it made certain unlocks at level 10 impossible to hit 3 star
This compo is really good, it can cap really high
If I only have one set of AP items, is it correct to immediately move them to Ryze 1? How about Ryze 2? I’m guessing the answers are no and yes respectively, but am curious what folks think.
i found lifting competition as a +1 or +2 here it just gifts you like 40 gold if you can keep 6 brusiers and play them on neutrals
Comp just turbo dies to fizz, not playable
A lot of comps turbo die to fizz… 🙁
For Ryze- Targon, Freljord, Iona… ?
and Yordle 🙂
yordle
For Shimmerscale Essence, who do you put Gambler’s blade on ideally?
Somebody explain to me how I can loose with Lissandra (Dawncore, JG, Shojin) + Wukong (Moguls, Warmogs, Gargoyls) vs a standard Void Board (3 Items Herold) with 1* KaiSa (Player didnt have Battle Augments and NO Baron). Was struggling hard vs normal Lvl. 6 Reroll Boards (Aphelios). Also any tips for unlocking Kennen? I do always struggle unlocking him. Comp just doesnt fit the requierements and im dumb.
Playing 3 ionia with ahri carry (especially with properous path) is a great way to enable this comp. Even ahri 1 can carry you for a while with good items. Keep some yordles on bench before creep wave to unlock kobuko and kennen.
Perhaps add the most consistent ways to unlock Volibear?
Just had a great early game but found out that Mundo 2 + 6 bruiser + spirit/bramble/claw doesn’t unlock Voli, but if I had transferred items to Kobuko 2 then I would have had a chance.
would be nice with a lvl8 board before you hit zil
everytime i hit 8 get in 6 bruisers + sett/voli and liss i just turbo lose into 20hp lvl9 and just go 8th
This comp is great after Mundo buffs
If we are using Bard as an item holder for Lissandra or Zilean in this comp and to potentially pick up some free rerolls or units along the way, would you recommend doing this with vertical Freljord as well or potentially other Shojin AP lines like Demacia Lux provided you don’t get good Vayne items?
No. It only “works” (and I say “works” lightly as it’s currently very few people playing it) in this line because you are investing heavily into a frontline trait and want a backline carry that doesn’t require traits. The Demacia and Freljord openers want traits active and can’t afford to play a zero trait unit as easily.