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Blitz R passive hurts him as a support in ways the player can't control

rvn2svn·1/18/2015, 6:47:49 PM·5 votes·960 views

Blitz R passive hurts support blitz (where else does he get played) in so many ways....

  1. Makes it hard for your adc to last hit when it randomly does damage to lane minions
  2. Takes random CS from your adc
  3. Pushes the wave
  4. Gives away his position when hiding in brush and it hits a jungle camp
  5. Disables boots of mobility out of combat speed with its random procs
  6. Always aggros baron / drake when you go to clear wards

I really don't like its procs. There's no way to get around it's downfalls and no way as a player to use it to your advantage.

Please take away the passive random lightning damage. I have no good ideas to make up for this. Maybe give it a charge counter every xx seconds stacking to 5 and give his E attack gets a little extra? If the enemy champ is up in the air they are natually the best "lightning rod" around. That would be a great time to get hit by a lightning bolt.

7 Comments

Shadow Gilgamesh1/19/2015, 1:14:49 AM2 votes

Given that he wasn't MADE to be a support, it's not surprising that there's stuff in his kit that clashes with the support style. I say don't change it, because that would be probably one of the most blatant "enforcing the meta" changes I can imagine. if anything that passive gives you incentive to move to roaming phase instead of just playing the grab game in lane sooner rather than later, which I have no problem with.

SexyTaylorSwift1/18/2015, 6:49:10 PM1 votes

Given how OP Blitz's kit is, their has to be a downfall to picking him lol.

The Storm Dragon1/18/2015, 7:23:36 PM1 votes

This is because Blitzcrank was designed as a bruiser/assassin, which is why his scalings and potential builds are so wonky.

Old Man Teeto1/18/2015, 7:27:44 PM1 votes

Insanely high DPS when dueling or taking objectives.

Proper positioning in bushes so you don't hit the wave isn't too difficult.

Ult has a short CD and disables the passive, easy to clear baron/dragon wards. Sunfire cape is much more annoying in comparison.

5G8Nri0B541/19/2015, 2:19:59 AM1 votes

Yeah, umm...you DO realize Blitzcrank was never supposed to be a Support right?

Don't change it, because that will be the most blatant attempt at enforcing the meta. If he ever changes at all, I would rather it be making him LESS of a Support so he can finally be a fighter again.

rvn2svn1/21/2015, 2:41:09 AM1 votes

good points. fair enough. i didn't realize he was designed to be a fighter. Unfortunate that he can't be played in those rolls effectively... unless hes not terrible in top? wouldn't he get kind of stomped up there though by all the "normal" top lane picks?