Blitzcrank QoL

My thoughts on Blitzcrank

Blitzcrank is a lot similar to Thresh, he just gets out shined. Not because his cc/initiation isn't as good as Thresh or Morg or Braum (it's as good or maybe a little worse but very close.), but because that's all he has. Other supports in addition to being able to cc their opponent, also have a way to protect their allies directly. Thresh can lantern, Morg can sheild, Braum can become a moving Yasuo Wall while giving mr/armor. In place of having this defensive/supportive ability like most supports Blitz can pay 75 mana for a temporary move and attack speed buff. Sure, Blitz can pull enemies away or knock them up to halt them for a moment, but Morg and Thresh can do the same thing, while still having an ability to protect their allies with. So if Blitz's CC/initation is all he has then it shouldn't feel so weak or negated a lot of the time. Example:

Thresh has a hook similar to Blitz's the core differences being:

Thresh's pulls a shorter distance but stops them from performing actions for a lot longer. (Get hooked, tugged twice and then they can flash.) This gives Thresh's allies a moment longer to throw in autos or spells. Blitz's hook pulls a longer distance but they can flash/dash away Immediately after the grab is over, combined with how slow the windup on his E animation is and bam, you will almost never land an E after grabbing a target that uses flash or a dash.

Another thing that does not happen to Thresh (or at least not nearly as often) is that Ezreal and Trist can both jump out of a grab if grabbed while channeling. This makes Blitz's arm disjoint and makes you feel terrible even though you landed the grab. They should make it so you either dodge the grab by jumping or get hit and pulled, none of this you get grabbed but you jump away anyway bullshit.

Mana Problems

The mana pool nerfs, and his mana barrier nerf that he got a while back when Blitz still had a niche and Thresh wasn't big yet, have left him in the dust. This combined with the huge 100 mana cost of grab, so after using grab twice you have 10% of mana remaining meanwhile the Morgana who is spamming everything still has 60% of mana left.

**A few suggestions: **

If you press E while the grabbed target is mid grab the E will go off on the grabbed target once they reach Blitzcrank, or at least make his E and auto attack animations not feel so clunky and slow.

Make the ult passive able to be toggled on and off. (It auto pushes lane, makes it hard to last hit and makes it near impossible to zone enemies without it hitting minions.)

Make it so when Ezreal and Trist are grabbed while channeling they cannot jump out mid hook.

Rework W somehow: Maybe have charges that regenerate over time (max 3) that can be used for short bursts of speed and small aoe bursts of slow or mini-stun around Blitz. Instead of just 8 seconds of speed.

If you have suggestions or opinions on Blitz I would be happy to hear and talk about them.