I'd like to correct a misconception about the Blitzcrank changes. (@Riot, please)

#Blitzcrank

• Overdrive (W) has received several changes:
• Duration reduced to 5 seconds from 8 seconds.
• Movement Speed % increased to 70/75/80/85/90% from 16/20/24/28/32%.
• Movement Speed bonus now decays over the duration of the buff.

I want to address the misconception that this move speed bonus decays over the entire duration of the buff, which lasts 5 seconds.

This is, in fact, not the case. Because when you have Mobility boots (the fastest among fast shoes), the true nature of the decay is that it decays over the first 2.5 seconds of the buff, and for the second 2.5 seconds of the W "buff" you have a total of +2-4 move speed (Read: 1/8 of the MS bonus of tier 1 boots).

In other words, this is not a 3 second change to W from 8 seconds to 5 seconds. This is a 5.5 second change from 8 seconds to 2.5 seconds (AS is maintained for a full 5 seconds).

Riot, I personally don't mind the change as a whole, at least the direction, to his W. It makes sense. And Blitz is a strong pick, so giving him a tradeoff for using his W is okay with me. But the decay honestly needs to have a much, much less steep curve, in my opinion. Having a burst of speed is fine, but taking it down to a lowly 2.5 seconds total (let's face it; +2-4 MS is absolutely nothing) is a bit harsh for my man Blitz.

As always, I take changes with a grain of salt as I know they don't always pan out the way they are first perceived and often perform completely different on live servers (see: Ahri), but I am a little sad that his move speed duration on his W has been nerfed by nearly 70%.