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Do you find Blitzcrank "Above the average" of Supports?

Mártir··2 votes·1,029 views

First of all I have to say that this is my first Post in the NA Forum. Spanish EU West Forum is full of kids complaining about their "Underserved PermaBans", so I felt like moving. I began to read many Posts in NA and ppl seem much friendlier here.

Anyway, I was wondering whether you think Blitzcrank is "Above average" of all the Supports. Like... Not "OverPowered", but "Has many tools when denying the opponent". I ask this since they have been Nerfing Janna (Q Width), Soroka (Ignite back to normal as it used to be), and they will nerf Alistarz R next Patch, in 6.10. This leaves Blitzcrank as one of the God Tier Supports that hasnt really been Nerfed lately, appart from the W thing (Which is a small Nerf IMHO, doesnt really impact good Blitzcranks, and gives a bigger MS Buff at the beggining).

Blitzcrank is one of the only Supports that is good at "Taking away leads from the enemy team" IMHO. This for instance doesnt happen with Champions like Janna, which is good at preserving them leads, but you wont take away the enemy lead if you are losing with a Support like Janna or Alistar. Also, Im not sure whether he requires Skill, I got away from Bronce and now am in Gold in this very Season, I have some thousands win with him, but he is the Support with highest Win Ratio in Plat n Diamond (I think) right now. I actually thought they wouldnt be, since ADCs are supposed to dodge better, but a good Blitzcrank can be a nightmare in any Elo I guess, no idea.

Im kind of having Free Elo this Season with him, I play him since S3 but now I got to the key in how to play him correctly and aggresively and with good tactics and stuff

Anyway, do you think Blitz really DESERVES a Nerf and/or is "OverPowered/Above average" in the group of Supports?

Ty in advance Btw.

Edit: Its just that a skilled enough Blitzcrank can deny any enemy ADC and Support, even them Morganas, and sometimes it seems like cheating.

You may even stay at the Dragon pit when your team is doing it and grab them enemies from the inside when they try to ward it from the outside and you have vision of them, thus denything the possible steal and even getting a kill for rotating and getting something else.

Also the many FaceChecks from the enemies (Where you have a Ward in) which end up in a Hook from your Blitz, then 5vs4 then rotating and taking a tower and a Dragon/Baron. **Its as if the team has just to follow you, sit, drink coffee, and wait for your Q **on the ADC, APC or the squishy Jungler (In case they have a Nidalee or whatever) for a free kill then rotation to objectives.

He's been in the God Tier in a while, and as a Main Blitz, I feel bad for the opponents and bad because **Im seeing an incoming MEGA Nerf to his Q, **In which case he would totally die as a Support, since the Q is the actual only thing. Strong, but only thing.

**Edit: Plus the fact that Blitzs Q reaches WAYE MOAR than it should (We all know about that broken HitBox). ** May get Nerfed, and maybe I would understand propaply, but I dont want them to kill my Main aswell.

8 Comments

Veilix3 votes

In my opinion, I think blitz grab needs to be shortened. I like that he has that grab and I like blitz in general but that grab is way to damn long ranged for what it does.

Teamate blitz lands a grab on anyone but the enemy tank, or a minion, and that's a guaranteed kill 99.9% of the time, unless you can get a teleporting skill / spell off before he knocks up.

Also, his ult CD is a bit short. hes known to have a short cd but 20 seconds on a lane wide silence AOE nuke is a bit over the top. I think a 3-5 second increase to his ult CD would give a good nerf while still in cahoots with what he is.

Those are the only things about Blitz I would change if I had the choice.

Mártir1 votes

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In my opinion, I think blitz grab needs to be shortened. I like that he has that grab and I like blitz in general but that grab is way to damn long ranged for what it does.

Actually this is what I fear. I mean, yes, maybe would fix the issue, but shortening the Hook too much may be a problem. If you compare it to Amumus Q, Treshs Q, or Nauts Q, its ACTUALLY shorter (I dont remember the numbers, but Tresh Q and Amumu Q are WAY longer), but the thing is that Blitzs Q is INSTANT and pulls you ALL THE WAY to him (Not like Naut n Tresh, only half), thats the thing about Blitz.

Teamate blitz lands a grab on anyone but the enemy tank, or a minion, and that's a guaranteed kill 99.9% of the time, unless you can get a teleporting skill / spell off before he knocks up.

I pretty much agree on this. Sometimes throwing a Q with my Blitzcrank seems like cheating. The enemy AP and ADC would just instantly die, then 5v4, then rotate and get a bunch of objetives.

Also, his ult CD is a bit short. hes known to have a short cd but 20 seconds on a lane wide silence AOE nuke is a bit over the top. I think a 3-5 second increase to his ult CD would give a good nerf while still in cahoots with what he is.

Agree as well Tbh. In lane you can just spam the R in any situation coz of the 30s CD (Without CDR).

Those are the only things about Blitz I would change if I had the choice.

Im PRETTY sure they will touch Blitz soon, because he's been in the God Tier for a very very long time, but I fear they may kill him. I have no idea what they could do to tweak him a little bit, so that he is not toxic, yet playable and fun and good.

Veilix1 votes

anything taken off the "god tier" will feel like a kill. this is the reasoning behind the kat nurf that WILL NEVER COME EVER

MunchCrunchLunch3 votes

they need to give him more utility than just grab to win. give him his old W. and again more utility for the team. and shorten the grab by a little.

thresh grab isn't as good. but it has more range. and you can't flash out of it or dash out of it like blitz hook.

or at least reduce his hook and ult damage so he doesn't nuke u bot lane at level 6. but then again if they do that they need to compensate him because his grab is all he has. he has no utility outside a miniscule silence

The Deckowner1 votes

If you think Blitz has too many tools, look at Thresh.

Blitz is good at making picks and making picks only, he is weaker than other supports in every other aspect.

Mártir1 votes

Yes, this is something that impresses me aswell.

**Why doesnt Tresh have a higher Win Ratio than Blitz, when he has a broken Lantern **(IMHO) **and an AoE KnokUp + Slow **(Blitz only has a single target KnokUp)?

The Deckowner2 votes

because Thresh is much harder to play, period.

Pandemic Punch1 votes

Yes and thresh has also been one of the top 5 most played champions for a loooooooooooong time.

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