Has blitz EVER been WAY out of meta?

Glîtchy··1 votes·252 views

Honest question, I've played since Gnar was new and have yet to see Blitz be considered a bad pick

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SwiftKitten885 votes

... you know if a champion is viable in every meta weak in few and OP in none..

IMO its a pretty damn well balanced champion that shouldn't be touched..

Taric the Gay2 votes

I like playing against Blitzcrank. It's a free engage for me if I get grabbed.

http://www.auplod.com/u/pdolua802d6.png

Ethan Allen1 votes

As long as the player is skilled with the champ he is a good pick.

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Blitz is always a bad pick XD ?

Only champion he counters are non-tanky, non-mobile spellshieldless champion, others are all counters.

Sp33d Zer02 votes

So 80% of the bot lane and mid lane?

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Yes, 80% is close enough to represent all of his counters

Sp33d Zer01 votes

you mean people he counters?

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

No 80% are the champions who counters him.

Sp33d Zer01 votes

Akali I'm Anivia not Annie sure Ashe what AurelionSol you Azir mean Bard by Brand that. Cassiopeia please Draven be Janna more Jhin specific Jinx about Karma what Karthus mid Kayle and Kennen bot KogMaw laners Lulu he Lux has MissFortune so Nami much Sona trouble Soraka grabbing Twitch Varus Veigar Velkoz Viktor Xayah Ziggs Zilean Zyra

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Aatrox Ahri Akali Alistar Amumu Azir Braum Caitlyn Camille Chogath Corki Darius Diana DrMundo Ekko Elise Ezreal Fiora Fizz Galio Garen (Gnar Big one)Gragas Graves Heimerdinger Illaoi JarvanIV Jax Kalista (Karma makes people go Vroom, difficult to hit grabs)Kassadin Katarina (Kennen E or Zhonya + R and you kill your team) Khazix Kindred Kled Leblanc LeeSin Leona Lucian (Lulu makes people go Vroom, difficult to hit grabs)Malphite Malzahar Maokai Morgana Nasus Nautilus Nidalee Nocturne Nunu Olaf Poppy Rakan Rammus Renekton Riven Sejuani Shen Shyvana Singed Sion Sivir Skarner Swain TahmKench Taric Thresh Tristana Trundle Udyr Urgot Vayne Vi Vladimir Volibear Warwick Yorick Zac

I ain't buying what you're selling

Sp33d Zer0

Last I checked, Aatrox, amumu, camille, chogath, darius, mundo, elise, fiora, garen, gnar, gragas, graves, illaoi, jarvan, jax, khazix, kindred, kled, lee sin, malphite, maokai, nasus, nidalee, nicturne, nunu, olaf, poppy, rammus, renekton, riven, sejuani, shen, shyvana, singed, sion, skarner, Trundle, Udyr, Urgot, Vi, Volibear, WW, Yorrick, and Zac weren't played mid or bot where blitzcrank excels at making picks on

Sp33d Zer01 votes

Last I checked, Aatrox, amumu, camille, chogath, darius, mundo, elise, fiora, garen, gnar, gragas, graves, illaoi, jarvan, jax, khazix, kindred, kled, lee sin, malphite, maokai, nasus, nidalee, nicturne, nunu, olaf, poppy, rammus, renekton, riven, sejuani, shen, shyvana, singed, sion, skarner, Trundle, Udyr, Urgot, Vi, Volibear, WW, Yorrick, and Zac weren't played mid or bot where blitzcrank excels at making picks on.

Heim has no mobility and has to hold off his damage to avoid a hook, azir's mobility is too slow, akali has conditional mobility that makes her easy to catch out, diana has conditional mobility that makes her easy to catch out, kennen can be silenced and knocked up before he can r + zhonya, and I'm not sure how to tell you this, but increased movespeed on one person from karma and lulu means that they cannot dodge the hook. Wow, so good.

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Blitzcrank excels on making "picks" later in the game, during the first part of the game he only sees two guys, the ADC and the Support, if their support is a tanky mofo like Alistar or Braum he loses the lane, if the ADC has a spellshield or a dash he loses too, if they're both why the fuck did you pick Blitz since you won't do shit for 15 minutes?

Blitz can roam top and can get ganked by the enemy jungler.

During lategame he grabs the first non-tanky, non-mobile spellshieldless champion he sees, if he tries to grab any other champion he:

  1. Tanky. Throws the game on the spot.

  2. Dash. Misses the grab and doesn't do jack for 10 seconds, team flames him because he fired a grab with 0% success rate.

  3. Spellshield. He looks like a retard and disrespects the opponents thinking they're braindead.

Sp33d Zer01 votes

Except if theres a tank support you aim for the adc. If there is a mobile adc you can still just run up to them with w, you should rarely roam top because mid is so much better for him to gank and you could say the same thing about any champion with cc vs a spell shield.

What do I know though? I only play blitz efficiently at a high plat mmr vs better, smarter opponents.

Blitz excels at the early game where he has massive kill pressure with less targets in his path to block the hook. Not sure where you got this late game info from

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

https://www.twitch.tv/paoloidolo

EUW Master Blitzcrank almost OTP (he can't since Blitz is garbage and gets countered by what I said above), he's very informative and explains a lot.

People play a lot behind minions, poke when you run at them with W while sidestepping in his Master games, Blitz excels against people who can't see he hole between the wave.

Sp33d Zer01 votes

http://www.gamesoflegends.com/champion/stats.php?id=9&season=S7

Blitz is 67-34 global in the 2017 season in the top tier of play.

I trust stats more than opinions

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