Do you consider Blitzcrank balanced?

2LUCID·6/7/2016, 8:37:19 AM·4 votes·1,113 views

Rain or shine, 10-0 or 0-10. Blitzcrank tilts teams, tilts lanes, and is all around frustrating to play against. His win-rate has been consistently VERY high for a long long time. His play-rate is just as significant. Seldom is he banned. I think most players are delusional. "I can dodge hooks". "Crank won't tilt me". Maybe it's the lead paint. You can dodge some hooks some of the time, but not all of them all of the time. Yes, Blitzcrank's AP ratios are too high, his hook is too spammy, but at his core he's a worthless support. His only value is his hook but it's value is tremendous. It seems like the balance team is fine with overcompensating the rest of his kit, which is where the trouble is. Clearly I don't think he's balanced but his ban-rate suggests I'm wrong. His long term win-rate and play-rate suggests I'm right, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

16 Comments

69469238DEL16/7/2016, 9:29:27 AM3 votes

He's balanced

newbin6/7/2016, 10:28:18 AM2 votes

He is balanced. You just have to adapt and use your head to do it You know counter play? This is a team based strategy game remember? He is balanced if he misses a grab he is open to poke and not a threat unless he is in melee range and if you let him in melee range your stupid you deserve to die just like with any other fighter with burst damage.

On the flip side he has to move out of position to land a grab on a player who is using his head and is subjected to poke and enemy CC. If he does not need to leave safety to grab you because your were somewhere exposed and way too close you deserved to get grabbed and die. His real true power is controlling territory by the threat of a grab. With that you can actually zone out adc denying them last hits and experience and as a added bonus weakens the power and advantage of other aggressive lane champions and pairs. He is a real noob killer especially in bronze and most of silver to this day. Which is why he is fun to play. I love screwing with peoples heads and always brings out the ragers. Focusing ragers and making them explode is always a easy win.

VvVVvV6/7/2016, 8:49:51 AM1 votes

I didnt vote because when it comes to all the numbers on him i dont know them. But personally I feel he is a trash support. I usually have no problems when facing a blitz support. He is easly rendured useless by simply just standing behind a minion. And tbh a lot of times when im using Voli or Leona ill stand to the side and let him grab me. because i know when he does his adc will start attack me....THE TANK......and it gets me a free trip closer to the adc...so once im done being grabbed and knocked up i pounce on the adc......because by then im around half health or lower they will just keep attacking me and my adc will be hitting their adc.......easy kills works MOST of the time.

Tiny Trickster6/7/2016, 9:11:25 AM1 votes

He is balanced but he is not fun to play against, which seems to be an issue with a few other champions. Because he is so reliant on landing one skill, if he doesn't do it well, he tilts and can lose a game, and if he does it well he can carry the game. He's too much of a wildcard. You never know which scenario to expect. Moreover his performance I feel is more heavily reliant on the enemy skill level than other support champions. If they are good at dodging or staying safe it will make him useless.

Sarutobi6/7/2016, 9:14:08 AM1 votes

There are some things I would change. His hooks should be a hit or miss and by that I mean that if he does miss it should be a real punishment in both mama and cool down. Of the Blitz I've face (he is usually an autobahn if I can ban, unless someone wants someone else ban) they seem to be able to "spam" their hooks especially early game and it just gets annoying. Especially when you consider that the person just needs one good hook to make or break a team fight which I feel should never be the case for any champion. Since this is a team game it should be relying on a team effort to win. Not one hook.

xxxMadLionxxx6/7/2016, 9:16:30 AM1 votes

People say that once he misses his Q he is useless, but that is just not true. He still has a movespeed increase, knockup, and silence. He is tanky enough to move to you and knock you up and ult. He is also tanky enough to get 1-3 grab attempts in a team fight.

I don't think he is balanced because once he grabs you, you're dead. And the thing is, he doesn't even have any real hard conditions to use that grab. For example, Yasuo has to charge his Q to get his knock up, blits has practically no real condition to use his Q.

Doctor Jarvis6/7/2016, 9:30:28 AM1 votes

One thing people like to say is he's "feast or famine", as in, he'll land all the hooks and win you the game, or he'll land none of the hooks and ruin his own day. Which is, of course, bullshit, because he only needs to land one to ruin my day. Sure, he can hook the wrong dude ( Jax "Is it Christmas already?"). Sure, I can somehow predict his predicts with 100% accuracy ("He knows that I know that he knows that I know...and so I'll go this way and dodge!"). Sure, I can beat his ass overtime he misses a hook. Unless of course, we assume at least once he'll grab the adc and net a kill. Unless we assume that dodging isn't as easy as all that. Unless we assume that there's another person in the lane that's going to beat our asses when we try to punish.

LaserDeathBlade6/7/2016, 9:37:45 AM1 votes

IMO he's way too strong after all the tank nerfs because there aren't enough front liners left that can punish Blitz for grabbing them, most tanks just die instantly especially early/mid game when Lucian + Mid laner is miles ahead of jungler/support

Caítlyn6/7/2016, 8:45:12 AM1 votes

The only reason hes not banned as much is because theres way too much OP stuff in the game that MUST be banned or you auto lose.

Hes not balanced because he can literally stand behind your side of the minions and zone you out just by standing there. One grab and you are insta-dead.

"Just dodge it" etc, No. There should not be an ability that exists in the game that is a guaranteed kill.

BloodyTompon6/7/2016, 10:37:45 AM1 votes

Statistically no, I'd say he is not.

Lapis6/7/2016, 8:47:29 AM1 votes

I think he is. But that still doesn't mean I'm not gonna ban him every game anyway.