With mage supports having fancy new items that buff their strength massively (and a plethora of them increasing movement speed) could blitzcrank have his debilitating W self-slow removed again? As it is it's practically a self-death sentence to use it, and with how strong mages have become it feels unwarranted.
InTheory4 votesDo you know that the ability was not just straight up nerfed by the introduction of the self slow? The movement speed was changed to function accordingly to the new ability: Higher movement speed at the beginning and less at the end (self slow). This gave him the ability to reposition much faster to land hooks while having the payback to be punished if he fails to land it.
SilentBomber1 votesMore than half of the supports' list get more rewards from their abilities if they fail and more rewards if they succeed.Thresh Q for example,gets extra cd when landed and if he fails he has other mechanics to reposition himself.
Also,Blitz's barrier was nerfed as well after his W.I won't even mention his huge mana costs.
Zane Zephyr1 votesYeah and if he lands that one hook then you can consider yourself dead since he has a knockup to follow and a zero skill silence that does absurd damage
Paroe1 votesDo you know that the ability was not just straight up nerfed by the introduction of the self slow? The movement speed was changed to function accordingly to the new ability: Higher movement speed at the beginning and less at the end (self slow). This gave him the ability to reposition much faster to land hooks while having the payback to be punished if he fails to land it.
Did you know: The original version of blitzcranks W had a self slow, and it made the champion dogcrap to play. The slow was removed and the MS increased adjusted accordingly. When the W slow was reintroduced, the ability was 'reverted' to its original state and blitzcrank once again became dogcrap to play. The only difference between then and now is that blitzy is not a popular champion anymore.
Lord of Math1 votesPlease dont make 
a low risk high reward champion.
xxxMadLionxxx1 votesYou know why I hate blits, once he grabs you, you are dead. If they remove the slow then they should make the Q range shorter
Phieldworker1 votesAll things aside, his W is called Overdrive. He puts the pedal to the metal to get the speed boost. If you were going at 110% you're gonna burn out and not be as efficient for a little bit. Probably has the slow to regulate his system so he doesn't self destruct.
I say the slow stays because it's thematically accurate.
Sheer Fkin Will1 votesI mean, pyke has litterally a better one,he is faster, last longer, he is camouflaged, he gets free regen. On top of dealing a lot more damage, a AoE stun combine with a dash and even his ult is no brain since the game tells you when you can kill him. Kinda unfair.
Frontline Fury1 votes[{quoted}](name=Sheer Fkin Will,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=coda20EZ,comment-id=0004,timestamp=2019-01-26T02:31:48.153+0000)
I mean, pyke has litterally a better one,he is faster, last longer, he is camouflaged, he gets free regen. On top of dealing a lot more damage, a AoE stun combine with a dash and even his ult is no brain since the game tells you when you can kill him. Kinda unfair.
Lol. This post is 10 months old. But my point still stands.
Sheer Fkin Will1 votesOh it was in favor of removing the self slow. Im comparing him to Pyke's ability that is similar but obviouly a lot more overloaded
On My Kill List1 votesblitz originally had a self slow on his w.