why isnt this abused more often? i have never had a challenging matchup doing this, and even if it did fail you can still effect team fights in a healthy way
http://puu.sh/eSvCh/265f5ccbde.jpg
the nearly 3k damage of a powerfist/triforce/IE crit is enough to turn heads, but when they see you take down a tower in less than a second, jaws drop.
WhiskerWow5 votesI like to build mainly mana items.
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It may not be the best thing in the world, but that shield is the best thing in the world.
maikokk1 votesive done something similar cept trading one of the defensive items for hextech gunblade. loved the result. tanky, mixed damage, good sustain (R passive procs as single target so spellvamp and lifesteal both benefit him alot in a hybrid build like this)
Phife4 votesyou do well simply because people dont know what to do exactly. so until you go against a smarter top laner you're not exactly getting the full experience. I say this because blitz has no ranged poke, no harass, no execute, so he will have a really bad time against someone like gnar or an ap top or darius or renekton or anyone who can out damage him when you pull them in.
AetherKingdom3 votesyour name. i like it.
maikokk2 votesidk, you can bully almost anyone level 1 with a powerfist + walk away combo, if you cant reach them, level 2 you have the "run at them like a madman + aa+powerfist + aa combo.
sure, if its Gnar you have to wait till hes mega or land a grab. if its Darius or Riven you have to bait an ability out before you can bash their head in... but really you have all the tools you need to bob and weave and you can out-duel anybody with good timing. most champs you don't even need good timing with.
i could see not wanting to pick him vs some match-ups, but not seeing him picked at all just baffles me.
The Soulforged4 votesObama was right!
TehNACHO3 votesDat moment when Raid Boss Blitzcrank appears.
True terror.
RagnarokChu2 votesThe vast majority of his usefulness is pulling people in (long with high base damage CC) coupled with the fact that he requires low amounts of gold to function.
Bottom lane needs someone that requires low amounts of gold to function, as well as you get 2 targets to pull in. Making him an easy to pick fit for the "support role"..
Putting him top means now he put into a situation were he just duels other people with jungles roaming by to gank. So he needs to be picked against a top laner he can beat as well as a jungler that can't gank him. Then since that certain build requires alot of gold he needs to be played against someone he can farm against. He doesn't have any good minion clearing ability outside of his ultimate.
All in all blitzcrank top works best as a surprise niche counter-pick verses certain things. Which why he isn't "popular" to do nor something you would think of commonly. Personally I think blitzcrank mid verses someone like a vegiar (high farming low mobile champion with weak early game). Since they can't push you in and your pulls are deadly.
maikokk1 votesthis makes sense in alot of ways. i havnt had many issues with junglers tho, usually by the time someone ganks i have my oppenent zoned out and my W + passive on the ready, which makes for an easy bait-kill on the jungler. its probably not an OP pick but it sure is "low elo OP"
Beerstein2 votesI checked, he did build an IE/BT but didn't build a manamune, he also built CDR boots. Also GA/FH so he had no hitpoints to capitalize on that armor. As a result 7 deaths.
IMO I'd go 
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Especially against a team that had almost all their damage coming from ADs. Actually against that team I'd even think about killing the for something else (probably 
) depending on how well cass was doing (since I can't see their damage dealt to champs). That team wouldn't have even been able to damage you with this setup.
You'd also land 35% cdr with gauntlets/FH (assuming 5% mastery) which should be worth considering the level of unkillable you'd pull against that team.
You really don't need a lot of burst to take out those opponents and your team can better capitalize on your presence if the enemy struggles to take you down in a drawn out fight.
maikokk3 votesi approve of manamune, and usually build it, but i was hitting power spikes really fast that game so the build-up-power-over-time thing didnt seem like it belonged there.
as far as no health goes. you have a point to an extent, except that nobody had the ability to burst me down that game so i became a drain-tank with blitz's godlike lifesteal synergy and armor. cass wasnt a threat at all because she had no counterplay to my pull/silence/1 shot powerfist. most of my deaths were basically suicides where i valued completing an objective over my life.
tbh i have never thought of frozen mallot and idk why. good idea.
+'d
Auz the Ripper1 votesProbably because frozen mallet has a terrible build path Although that will be rectified if the giant's belt changes go through
Terff2 votesWell blitz wasnt made to be a support so yeah it works.
aGentleGrabnFist2 votesI just wanted to say I approve of ad crank.
dabs 4 jezus2 votesShush, no one has to know.
Rito leave pls
I like my ad blitz
Kuroi861 votesIt's viable, though many still think he works better bot. shrugs Do what you think works.
KidSpectre1 votesThe powerfist is effectively an on-demand crit. That can crit. That ALSO applies on-hit effects. So yeah, pretty good.
Social Justice 11 votesHe's more of a niche/counterpick (Blitz can get countered pretty hard) and even then I wouldn't go offensive after
junglerboy161 votesSo let me guess, you built 
? something like that?
maikokk1 votessomething like that most of the time. usually FH or BV instead of LW. sometimes with esence reaver instead of BT... sometimes with both and no manamune. never really have seen a reason for LW either way.
BITE ZA DUSTO1 votes[deleted]
maikokk2 votesnever had a problem with vlad or gnar. nid can be a total bitch tho.
Starcall Casey1 votes3k Damage isn't alot, meta supports do like 15k plus per game and carries do around 30-50k per game.
Terff6 votes3k in one hit
ecneregilleb1 votesDude, thats almost 3000 in a SINGLE HIT, not damage dealt over the course of the match. Look more closely. "Largest Critical Strike" is checked...
Rebonack1 votesThis is coming from playing AD Blitz over in Dominion but:
Blitz totally dominates Gnar if you know what you're doing. Dodge boomerangs and just pressure the hell out of him. He can not compete with Blitz' damage output.
SpecterVonBaren1 votesThe only issue I've had with him top, and I've had to deal with this twice, is the Cho completely counters you. He's too tanky for any kind of cheesy pulls under tower and has too much sustain from his passive for trading.
maikokk1 votesya i've had problems against cho with.... everyone... exept garen
Hawkefire1 votesMight I ask, what was your build?
