The Resurgence of Supports not in the Holy Trinity (Thresh, Leona, Blitz)

SpliceAsNice·3/30/2015, 8:38:46 PM·6 votes·1,243 views

On the PBE, Blitz W was finally reverted back to a debuff after the duration of movespeed he got! 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. New Effect: When Overdrive ends, Blitzcrank's movement speed is slowed by 30% for 1.5 seconds.

Maybe now we can see more of Zyra, Sona, Bard, Zilean, Soraka, etc!? I can't wait to see if this actually plays out to semi-change the meta of bot lane supports, but I doubt it will! :D

23 Comments

Only Play Darius3/30/2015, 9:31:28 PM4 votes

Thank god. I don't mind seeing move speed increases if it means a decay and a debuff. His W was obnoxious.

Although I am pissed about the Rek'Sai nerfs. Since Rek was released, all they have done was nerf her damage, but give her "compensation" by buffing her knockup an mobility, which only makes her more frustrating to play against, and forces you to abuse your mobility and knockup as much as possible, despite those mechanics being unhealthy for the game.

Abyssphere3/30/2015, 9:00:22 PM3 votes

It makes me happy. His W is one of the most obnoxious abilities in the game. I'm glad he'll finally have a weakness if he tries his speed boost pull and fails.

Derpy Mike3/30/2015, 9:17:37 PM1 votes

As a casual blitz main of about three years I can say with 100 percent certainty that if this change goes through I'll just move to Leo, Thresh or Morg.

There's no point playing a champ that actively punishes himself for using a core ability.

And if thresh, leo and morg get nerfed in oblivion I'd sooner play Naut, Sion, Malph, hell I'd even play Darius support before moving to any of the champions you listed there.

This isn't solving any problems it's just making Blitzcrank weak beyond play-ability.

Sailor Mint3/30/2015, 8:59:06 PM1 votes

I guess some non-support mains got offended.

IcyPepper3/30/2015, 9:42:21 PM1 votes

With his high pick and win rate recently, I'm surprised Sejuani got nerfed before him!

Jokes aside, I doubt Leona and Thresh will get hurt too bad (since they can be poked relatively easily if you got someone like Lulu, and/or have disengage tools like Janna), but Blitz definitely needed a love tap.

windwolf7773/30/2015, 10:35:58 PM1 votes

Support resurgence and no mention of Nami ?? Do you guys just think she's bad or just not think of her? Because I absolutely love playing her. (Then again, I really like supports capable of healing without items so that might be why)

GaleWinUnleashed3/31/2015, 2:16:13 AM1 votes

Janna, Lulu, Braum, Nami for me. Never like playing Leona or Blitz.