Why is Blitzcrank's ultimate cooldown so short?

Ralanr··7 votes·1,469 views

I just played him and after I used his ult I noticed it was around 30 seconds. Why? I executed his combo perfectly almost every time (getting hit by it hundreds of times helps to learn it) and I almost always had his ult for it.

Why the hell is the cooldown so low?!

16 Comments

CoolKnightST7 votes

If he didn't hard that short of a cooldown he would struggle

  • 20-16 seconds on his Q
  • 15 on his W & it slows himself
  • 9-5 on his E but that is single target & basicly has no range

He already get punished really hard for missing his Q. If the cooldown would increase the enemy could just all-in him add any point in time. His passive has a static 90 seconds cooldown so that's also not really a viable option.

Ralanr1 votes

Cool. Thanks for the info.

disregardable2 votes

Because it's a small range with not even enough damage to clear a minion wave. For an ultimate, it's pretty low impact in a teamfight. He was designed to be a top laner, you know.

ChaosThief1 votes

If you were playing AP blitzcrank though, that's a different story.

It's one of the few 1-1 AP ratios left untouched.

Ralanr1 votes

...dear god.

ChaosThief1 votes

It also gets worse when you realize the Q is also 1-1...

And his E is good for lich bane...

...Welcome to hell.

Ralanr1 votes

You've just helped me decide if I should buy him...more supports I like the better.

And maybe sometimes mid...

Skylimetoon2 votes

it doesnt do a super high amount of damage and its only a .5 seconds silence, which at most is just inconvenient more than anything. but thats just a guess, also if you executed everything perfectly, wp sir.

1000angrybees2 votes

"doesn't do a super high amount of damage"

His random ass bolt alone does 100/200/300 base + 20% of his AP, never mind his ult ** 250/375/500 base + 100% AP**

khorney2 votes

becuase blitz is op

1000angrybees1 votes

Honestly, it's too low for how much damage it has (and the silence is there too). Then again, I think blitz has a lot of problems besides his ult CD.

Nekusen1 votes

Im more concerned by his grab of death

Social Justice 11 votes

His ult passive isn't up unless the spell itself is up, and the ult itself requires him to get in the middle of a fight (not easy for a low-mobility champion)

Jungle Lux God1 votes

The cooldown is so low because Riot secretly disguised what is actually a basic ability as his ultimate, and disguised his real ultimate as one of his basic abilities, of which can be learned at level 1.

Miku Lv991 votes

Blitz has a long cooldown on his rocket grab. That's the only one that really matters that much as the rest will probably be off cooldown when he needs them anyways. He's essentially gated by that one cooldown.

But that one cooldown is huge since he's at a big disadvantage while it's on cooldown. Make sure you take every opportunity to make use of this time when you're playing against him.

Owltears1 votes

Son, let me sit you down and tell you of how Owltears found out, Blitzcrank's butt grab of death, punch up, speedy, and Ult all work with 45% cool down.

Q at 9 sec W at 12ish sec E at 3 or 4 sec R at 26 sec

I figured it out my mistake leaving on my cooldown mastery for Maokai, and it works well with him too. Her ult goes down to like 30 or 28 seconds with 45% cooldown! The issue is if you go full tank he doesn't do much ult damage, but if you go ROD and tanky AP items he does MASSIVE damage. For the 40% cooldown for Blitzcrank I went before I noticed 45% cooldown and literately every teamfight had my ult up by the time it was over, hooked someone and killed them. It makes it easier to kill people but YOU WILL GET TARGETED MORE. Dear I went one game and the ADC said in all chat that I had 45% cooldown and to target me so they could get my ult out of the way/ out of teamfights. So be-careful if you go that way.

Champs I ASSUME the 45% cooldown will/have work with is Annie Brand Ezreal Heimerdinger Katarina Ziggs Lux

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