Blitzcrank is such a gimped champion. His Q has so much utility, it forces the rest of his kit to be sub-par. Without his q, he is probably one of the weakest champions around, and that is not a healthy situation to be in. He needs to have a better balanced kit with the strength of his abilities spread around so that he can be a viable pick beyond Gold (and there is even pushing it).
Yosuke Apperu2 votesTake away one skill away from many champs and they would be terrible... Imagine anyone without their q ability.. lol
Omnem Occido1 votesAll I am saying is that Blitz is ultra one dimensional. He lives and dies by one spell. That is not healthy gameplay. The reason why he is gimped is because in higher ELO's he is damn near useless because people can read him before he even acts and can dodge his hook the instant it goes out, so they won't nerf him, and in lower ELOs he is dominant because his Q is so ungodly powerful against players who frequently make positioning errors, so they won't buff him. He needs a rework, because his abilities are nigh on useless without his Q, and his Q is too awkward to work.
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All I am saying is that Blitz is ultra one dimensional. He lives and dies by one spell. That is not healthy gameplay. The reason why he is gimped is because in higher ELO's he is damn near useless because people can read him before he even acts and can dodge his hook the instant it goes out, so they won't nerf him, and in lower ELOs he is dominant because his Q is so ungodly powerful against players who frequently make positioning errors, so they won't buff him. He needs a rework, because his abilities are nigh on useless without his Q, and his Q is too awkward to work.
You could easily argue the exact opposite, in high elos a successful hook means a guaranteed kill and in lower elos you cant nerf a champion for unskilled players being unskilled. His kit revolves around his Q, which means that a good blitzcrank will use the rest of his abilities to create a situation in which he will land a hook, you're not supposed to blindly throw out Q's every time theyre up and then flail around like a chicken with W activated when you miss. He is a very binary champion but there is a high punishment for missing a hook so a lot of positioning and prediction skill comes into play. There isn't anything wrong with loading a bunch of power into one spell if the rest of his spells revolve around creating a situation in which that one spell is very effective (see 
. This (imo) is less bad design choice and more creating a unique identity for achamp (Blitz is the Rocket Grab robot, everyone knows this).
Jonesybones1 votesYou could easily argue the exact opposite, in high elos a successful hook means a guaranteed kill and in lower elos you cant nerf a champion for unskilled players being unskilled. His kit revolves around his Q, which means that a good blitzcrank will use the rest of his abilities to create a situation in which he will land a hook, you're not supposed to blindly throw out Q's every time theyre up and then flail around like a chicken with W activated when you miss. He is a very binary champion but there is a high punishment for missing a hook so a lot of positioning and prediction skill comes into play. There isn't anything wrong with loading a bunch of power into one spell if the rest of his spells revolve around creating a situation in which that one spell is very effective (see
I've been saying riot needs to just remove soloQ. its clear that us low elo players don't belong.
Yosuke Apperu1 votesI'm just gonna leave this here as a response to your higher elo comment :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-dweT8PdXY
Krashino1 votesI will agree with Blitz having issues right now, but I dont think its because his Q outclasses the rest of him, I think its just because of the built in Self Slow on his W and the fact that his Ults Passive sometimes steals farm. If his Ult prioritized Champions and the time between bursts was increased, and that Slow on his W was removed, he would be a better champion overall. Honestly I dont know why they added that slow to Blitz in the first place, I understand he was fast and almost uncatchable, but he isn't the only one, we have many other champions that are as mobile or more mobile than Blitz was.
Robo231 votesHe is supposed to be a low Elo champ, now I can dodge his a but b4 I used to almost give up when my opponent picked him
khorney1 voteshe is strong already have u ever gone ad with him or ap he has strong ratios and his knock up is a spellblade proc and u get triforce boom dead i had a enemy blitz literally single handilty carry his team. for some reason people think blitz sucks , rh triforce botrk and your knock up literrally 1 shots peeps