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My beef with Blitz

Khelb·6/15/2017, 12:07:23 AM·1 votes·576 views

Support main here with a rant: I'm not exactly the best player and I'm definitely not the most knowledgeable, but I'm extremely tired of dealing with blitz in lane. What I've decided is that he gets the best of all 3 worlds of support. The 3 worlds are:

Tank: Blitz is extremely hard to punish for being out of position not only because of his health pool, but because of his passive too. Utility: This is rather obvious, but blitz has a close ranged stun, and speed boost, aoe silence, and his hook Damage: getting close to an enemy blitz often ends in a death. Aside from relocating you from a safe spot, blitz's actual damage is quite impressive.

I'm trying to think of another support that has as much of all three worlds as blitz and I'm unable to do so. Please enlighten me if I'm just frustrated and not seeing the bigger picture, but I'm tired of landing 4 q's on a blitz as Morg and him still being at half health. Then, He'll land one hook on me and I'm dead. Personally, i don't want to mess with his utility, it's very unique and fun. I would suggest making him do less damage or make him less tanky so that he has to actually think about when and where to hook.

14 Comments

LadyRenly6/15/2017, 12:18:59 AM3 votes

blitz never falls off because of his global passive:you cant go near a bush without a minion wave ever. he is as dangerous at level 1 as he is at level 18. it's just...exhausting. People like Veigar take time to scale. You can play the long con against Pantheon. Not the case with blitz.

Mysticman896/15/2017, 12:59:06 AM2 votes

Blitz is my permaban unless things get extremely out of whack with some other champ.

IMO, there is no other skill in the game that contains as much power in it as blitz Q, and it's not even an ultimate. One skill landing that almost always translates into either a kill or blown summoners is kinda absurd.

My 'nerf' to him would be to make his q not go through terrain to stop a lot of cheesy wall grab stuff, and maybe give more power to one of his other skills (maybe more AS on his w?). I don't think he's statistically OP (or at least, not very much) so the goal would be to do something somewhat power neutral, but try to shift power away from his Q in order to make him a little less frustrating.

Kulle Aid6/15/2017, 12:25:08 AM1 votes

Hey man. So I run a support main account as well as this account that I have right now. I feel your pain but at the same time I got over it. Let me tell you its easier to face him than you might think. Any half wit adc can stand behind minions but what can REALLY make the difference in lane is if YOU stay between him and ur adc at ALL times. or any player for that matter (depending on your support though.) I mained support this season with that account, started s4 and climbed to g5 already this season, with ONLY SUPPORTS. faced many a blitz. and ill tell you what. the one I love to pick against him the most is Leona she will fuck him up no matter what. He saves you an E. gets u closer to the adc and just puts you in position. Everytime I even think the enemy has a blitz ill be on her right away. Easy to punish, easy to counter. and can save ur adc's ass a few times yuh know. hes not that great, its all a positioning game with him. you just have to better at that.

Vapor Wave Vibes6/15/2017, 12:32:18 AM1 votes

Blitz is pretty balanced. He lands a pull he kills you. His q has about a 15 second cd on rank 1 and cost a good amount of mana to wear you don't want to waste them. If you dodge his hook it's not hard to punish him after depending on what adc your with and the support you're playing.

ZT Xperimentor6/15/2017, 12:49:39 AM1 votes

He's a classic tank (having decent offense and defense but gimmicky utility), but his only defensive measure is his passive mana shield, which has a decent cooldown while scaling off his current mana. Often weak when on his own (assuming they aren't using some cheese), and scales with his team's attention; he could grab the enemy carry, but if his team is still focusing their tank then usually won't matter much. Of course if you have someone that wants a free engage by all means stand behind them, champions like wukong, leona and xinzhao.

The morgana vs blitzcrank matchup. You could try preemptively using black shield on yourself (or closer ally) when he moves for an angle, the negation of the grab or uppercut will deny his combo and lower damage taken. Get a crystal scepter and kite/poke him with tormented soil, or perhaps get a torment and make your dark binding deal much more damage, or both. I know some people hate supports that don't exclusively build support items, but honestly I'd play her as a mage, getting a deathcap or void staff (depending on if he's stacking health or magic resist) to make his advances more punishing. Alternatively a banner of command could make a minion a fatter meat shield for you, that won't get blown up easily by him. Redemption could still give you impact in teamfights even if picked off first, or at least from long range if you're not close enough to add your own poke.