Blitzcrank grab counter

RayRexi··131 votes·8,734 views

So, I was just playing Blitzcrank and I came up with an awesome idea. Blitzcrank grab counter. It would be situated somewhere on the screen, and it would show Blitzcrank players how many champions they have grabbed this game. I think it is a minor change that would massively increase the joy of playing Blitzcrank.

I hope that our beloved Riot Games will notice this post and implement such feature in the game.

Yours sincerely, RayRexi

154 Comments

Alphadef26 votes

And deaths, because Fiddle and such

Randomonium10 votes

I once had a blitz keep grabbing me into his team. Unfortunately for them I was an Amumu.

Ace!!!!!

FastAsHeck5 votes

Karthus activated E just before the hook landed, it was ugly... for them...

Knoyle31 votes

Jinx "Blitz, quick grab one so we can remove him from the team fight." Blitzcrank grabs the Rammus Rammus ".....OK" Jinx "THROWITBACKTHROWITBACKTHROWITBACK!!!"

HighH124 votes

Mordekaiser Ahh my gapcloser,right on time

shadecrapper2 votes

This made me laugh pretty good :)

PDE5 Inhibitors5 votes

No Fiddle would ever want to be grabbed by a Blitz.

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

fid ult -> blitz grab -> zonyas -> ace.

Bladerunner77778 votes

more like

fid ult > blitz grab > cc lock > dead fid

WTFMatee1 votes

You kind sir have not yet seen the power of Crittlesticks

Mr Miguel1 votes

if you played crittlesticks and you got grabbed you would most surely be dead cause you cant take a hit and you dont have hourglass to make your ult kill them all in 2.5 seconds so....

PhillipsFillup36 votes

Anyone else expecting a way to counter a blitz pull?

Supreme Senpai698 votes

"There's a way to counter this!?" -clicks- "O-oh... yea, I guess that would be an OK idea."

Bamiie1 votes

There are some ways to deal with Blitz' hook. With Sivir, her e will stop the grab if done in time. Same thing goes with Lulu's polymorph. If you can catch Blitz' before he fully throws out his hook you can stop him. Me, myself, I haven't been able to successfully do so yet with Lulu but I have with Sivir. If I or my ADC gets grabbed/hooked, I'll polymorph the enemy support as fast as possible so they can't complete their combo and also peel the enemy ADC off my ADC.

Arakadia3 votes

Thats not counterplay tho, only counter pick

sreggad3 votes

counter pick is picking leona and letting the blitz grab you.

Bamiie1 votes

It is a counter play because Lulu is able to stop just about any champion ability before it is fully casted if caught in time. If Blitz were to grab Lulu before she completed her polymorph, she would be pulled in and the spell wouldn't go through therefore cancelling out her ability also. Due to this, it's not a counterpick because Blitz and Lulu are both capable of just about the same thing (i.e. speed-up, silence/polymorph, knock-ups.) Just because Lulu can stop Blitz' hook if done in time doesn't mean it's an automatic counterpick. Blitz can also stop Lulu too if caught in time. Honestly, Blitz and Lulu are a fairly even matchup due to their skill sets. With Sivir, it's not really a counter pick because Sivir's only way of avoiding Blitz is her E (spell shield.) And with that being said, her spell shield takes very good timing because if done too early or too late, you've been grabbed. You could ult and try to run away but even still, if Blitz grabs you, your ability will be stopped before it's fully done. Even if you were to play a champ that's a true counter to Blitz, doesn't matter if you don't know what you're doing.

FruitFlaute1 votes

There is no counter play or a counter pick; because Blitzcrank is just plain too powerful the whole game! Not all people can side step because its entirely impossible to do a perfect one unless ur a Vayne.

Arakadia1 votes

Your a little late to the party lol.

Your right though, dodging him isn't fun at all and a lot of people have to purely stand behind minions and be SUPER careful to not get hooked because they lack mobility.

10Tickler26 votes

On the other side of the Coin.

I was playing Blitzcrank recently, and thought to myself: "Man, this champion needs a complete rework. His Grab can single-handedly end a game

52409615_DEL19 votes

Agreed, its an extremely cheap and easy champion with to much potential. People say that at high tier its easy to deal with him, exept that if you pay any attention to the lcs, they get grabed often too, so thats bs. I have hated this champion for 3 years straight now, and its outrageous to me that 1 hook out of the 20 you dodge will will cause you to instantly die bot

Leetri8 votes

It's not necessarily the grab, it's the combination of grab -> knockup -> silence that does you in. Not even a chance to escape if you get grabbed.

KarKzz2 votes

Or the hitbox.

Mr Miguel1 votes

Actually you can flash away if you spam f (or d i mean if you're weird) there is a small gap between grab and pop up cause it only stuns you till the pull reaches blitz

Leetri1 votes

Yeah but even then you're using a 5 minute cooldown to escape a 20-16 second cooldown one.

10Tickler5 votes

Play Sivir. His Hook's Animation is slow AF with some practice and you can just Spellshield that BS. For even more hilarity, go Sivir/Morg and just sit back and relax.

Alëk4 votes

He's just hard countered by most tank comps. He literally provides a free engage if he fucks up and grabs amumu, malphite, or alistar and drag them into your team. Thats a huge fucking mistake. Even in lane just pick a tanky support with a lot of cc and you should literally have no problem shitting on him. Its squishy bot lanes that blitz can destroy if he lands grabs.

10Tickler5 votes

Except.

Playing Blitzcrank is as Much a Psychological move as a Gameplay one.

You could pick the tankiest tank in the game as support to counter him. Your entire team could be tanks, with the Exception of Graves, ADCs generally do FAR more damage from further away. All a good blitz has to do during laning phase is sit up close, in a bush, and be scary. ADC's forced to farm under turret and lose pressure/Minions to turret, because if they come out, there's ALWAYS THAT RISK...

Whut Thuh 2 votes

exactly

Supreme Senpai692 votes

Every Blitz and Leona player does this to my ADC when I support. Even when we ward it and see him, he doesn't budge. He just sits there at the very tip of the bush all game, never moving.

But I can't poke him or else he'll grab me.

You can't do anything. The scariest Blitz is the one that doesn't use his grab, because then it's never on cooldown.

Arakadia4 votes

Thats counter pick.... Not counter play

Timely Voidling9 votes

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RayRexi1 votes

Are there actually any additions to the game that originate from the forums?

Leetri2 votes

Veigar's ult size scaling with AP and Yi's dance speed scaling with MS are 2 things that pop into mind.

Whut Thuh 3 votes

so one time the ally veigar made a deal in the beggining of the game where they would both farm until they got rabadons and then they would kill each other until they were full build . so after like 3 items they could walk into lane ult each other and they would both die. they did this until about 30 minutes at wchil point they were full build with like 20 kills each. just the sight of them walking into bot or top lane made them burn everything they had

Arakadia1 votes

that sounds too good to be true.

Whut Thuh 1 votes

it was pretty funny. both of them had around 1600 ap at the end because they farmed q without any retalition.

TaoistMaster5 votes

Thought you were going to ask what "counters" the grab..

but take my +1

really cool idea

Troy2426215 votes

.........................I'm gonna have to be the one to say it?

.....

...Really?

Sigh, alright I guess. "Blitzcrank can't have any counters."


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MÖRTIMER5 votes

Was I the only one that clicked on this post looking for a counter to Blitz's grab?? [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Choked Rectum2 votes

If they do this, i want a "dirty grampa" skin and the logo to say "how many ass hes grabbed" for this game

Watch out, grampa is a little handsy and likes to sneak around.

fractalfantasies2 votes

I would main Blitz for that.

IsmokeOregano2 votes

I read "blitzcrank grab counter" and i was like "fuck yea, how do i counter this asshole" and then it was talking about a counter....that counts, and i was like "shit.."

Sammystorm2 votes

I clicked this thread to see how to counter blitz's grab. OP pls

Dealth2 votes

I thought this was a thread on how to counter blitzcrank grabbing you

For Carthage2 votes

{quoted}

So, I was just playing Blitzcrank and I came up with an awesome sadistic idea. Blitzcrank grab counter. It would be situated somewhere on the screen, and it would show Blitzcrank players how many champions lives they have grabbed ruined this game. I think it is a minor change that would massively increase the joy sick pleasure of the awful bastards playing Blitzcrank.

I hope that our beloved Riot Games will notice this post and implement such feature in the game.

Yours sincerely, Satan the Dark Lord Teemo

I fixed your post.

Shæ1 votes

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KrugLyfe1 votes

Idk why people complain about blitz. Have they seen thresh? He can drag you and then lantern a teammate in q into you then shove you into his teammate. He also has many escape routes with the jungle camps. Thresh does blitz cranks job better idk why people complain about blitz saying he's not that healthy but biitz doesn't do much.

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