blitzcrank's mana barrier is underwhelming

D4M2X0·3/22/2018, 6:26:31 AM·1 votes·402 views

at best its good for a lvl 2 fight where you might get a shield of 150, at worst it gives a shield of 10. generally most blitzcranks are nearly OOM when the shield activates so youl get a shield of 50. whats the point in it even lasting 10 seconds when you barely get anything from it and giving it a 90 second cooldown? compare that to lulu/janna spamming a shield of 600 every 5.5 seconds that last 5/6 seconds...

please dont say stack mana. i only get 1 mana item and use manaflow band so i can spam hooks more, i dont stack mana when all thats good is for letting the turrets get me low so the enemy get excited and feel let down when i get a shield of 1500 although i would do that in normals.

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SilentBomber3/22/2018, 6:39:20 AM2 votes

I used to play BlitzCrank a lot and have 200k mastery points with him.I do believe that Blitz has some problems and especially his Q hitbox.2 Months ago (i think) a certain individual,uploaded a video where it shows Blitz's Q problematic Hitbox.

The problem has yet to be addressed by a Rioter and thus we are still living with the hope to get an answer about it.

Aside his Q i do agree with you that Blitz gets punished hard.His W was nerfed(slow when the active ends) and the mana barrier got more CD at his next nerf.I won't even mention his mana costs and Q cd.

From the other hand,half(and more) of supports are in a far better state in terms of defense and rewarding.Blitz is all about that one hook that can turn the tide of a fight,but it wouldn't harm i think to have his mana barrier's cd reverted like the old days(20 seconds cd).

Taliyah Rocks3/22/2018, 7:41:18 AM1 votes

His passive gives you additionnal value out of any item that give you mana. Which includes item 3025 item 3110 item 3001 which are all solid picks for him. You basically gain health equal to up to 50% of your mana.