My personal take on Blitz

MavenSong··2 votes·407 views

Blitz is fun to play, but unless you are a tank he is a nightmare to play against.

Ive heard that the general consensus is that he has an unhealthy kit, and I tend to agree. Overall his ability to land a single hook and lock you down is a death sentence for any squishy, with low counterplay other than "dodge it". This is not hard, but its those times where he lands one lucky hook, well, you might as well just open the shop.

I honestly dont have a problem with blitz having a grab, even if its to him, but what I do dislike and is my reasoning to agree with the "unhealthy kit" arguement is his e and ult. There is no way to reduce cooldown of a knock up, and his silence may be short, but its enough to stop a flash.

If blitz were to ever get reworked, id keep his q. Its his defining move (like shadow dash and stand united is to shen). He is the original pull and he should keep it. His w is take or leave. It allows him to reposition, so I wouldnt mind it staying. His e I think is too much. The pull is detrimental enough, the e is insult to injury. His ult, while I dont think is stupidly overpowered, its obnoxious I find. If he were to keep it, remove the lightning strike passive, it doesnt help him in any way besides the lucky bolt that kills someone.

This is my personal thoughts on him, if you have any ideas on a better e and ult, id love to hear.

8 Comments

what you deserve3 votes

I thought the general consensus was that while he's super annoying, he's really fairly balanced. I rarely have any problem against him, even when playing champs like Lux or Varus.

K541 votes

The W is the most annoying feature about him. Way too mobile for a tank. Makes dodging his Q impossible since he can literally gap close ridiculously fast and launch it from a few units away. You're not a dodging a hook from 450 range, Ezreal can't even blink fast enough. Add item 3742 GG.

My problem with Blitzcrank more than his hook is his speed with W. If I had a freaking chance to get away from him, I wouldn't care as much.

MavenSong1 votes

The point of w is to reposition himself. Since he cant pull past minions he needs to get to a spot quickly so the enemy doesnt reposition first. The slow is also ment to mitigate some of the general speed it gives. But I can see how its a bit annoying, especially w/ deadmans

1st Movement1 votes

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The W is the most annoying feature about him. Way too mobile for a tank. Makes dodging his Q impossible since he can literally gap close ridiculously fast and launch it from a few units away. You're not a dodging a hook from 450 range, Ezreal can't even blink fast enough. Add item 3742 GG.

My problem with Blitzcrank more than his hook is his speed with W. If I had a freaking chance to get away from him, I wouldn't care as much.

That's why you use r w on ezreal or wait till he uses acrane shift

fractalfantasies1 votes

I always insult tanks on this website, but FFS countering Blitz is the one of the jobs of a tank.

q O y O p1 votes

Change E to knock-away (half distance of Q pull).

Replace silence on ult with 50% slow. Leave the lightining strike, we all need those "oops" cs steals.

MavenSong1 votes

This makes me think that blitzes will do lee sin maneuvers like how he ultes them away then puls himself back at them. Cause the knockback would create a predictable hook. Still fits the theme of "power fist" though, and gives him a bit more utility than a one trick pull pony.

KrugLyfe1 votes

Thresh Has everyone forgotten about me? I'm sick of people complaining about blitz crank. Thresh is much worse he can save allies or bring allies in to fight with him. His e is pretty much the same as blitzs e but his ultimate is much better. So if he gets a slow off on you and you flash out it doesn't matter. You'll be so slow that by the time you can move normally again he's ready to hook you again.

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