Blitzcrank is Stupid

Ñapoleoni·Jan 1, 2016·11 votes·2,869 views

Seriously, you can miss 99% of your Q's, but late game if you hit one your a fucking god.

He has little to no risk for such a high reward.

In lane you can zone the entire enemy bot lane by just presenting your self

If you suck at landing Q's you can literally just walk up to them at a 1000 move speed and knock them up

Its honestly kinda stupid how his presence can zone an entire team

Theres gonna be that one guy who says "Oh but it costs 100 mana" yea if he's not stupid its pretty easy to land a Q

56 Comments

PabloMaster54321Jan 1, 20163 votes

Yeah, i know how there are madlife plays (which is true) but you dont have to be a god to play blitz lol.

CaythelesJan 1, 20163 votes

Or your initiator can block the grab and get a double initiate.... Thats how you counterblitz

ZGM DazzlingJan 1, 20161 votes

Rarely in lane

CaythelesJan 2, 20163 votes

oh... well sidestepping is also an option... been awhile since ive been grabbed or let my adc get grabbed

ZGM DazzlingJan 2, 20163 votes

Thats true, but you can see how the lower skill level, the more oppresive Blitz gets

Ita funny how the better you get, the worse blitz gets

CaythelesJan 2, 20162 votes

Right? though Smart blitzcranks will Run up to you then Knockup instead during the laning phase. and will try to make you use your escape... i hope no blitzcranks read this... XD

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

Isn't this what all Blitzcranks do?

SirsirJan 2, 20161 votes

or let my adc get grabbed

How do you manage that exactly? Seems like half the time my adc can't comprehend sidestepping. Or staying behind his minions.

Also you say that as if its as easy as walking to lane. The Q is fast as hell and has a weird hitbox.

CaythelesJan 3, 20161 votes

I usually play braum. but if your adc happens to be in a good angle for Blitz, you gotta cover her/him. if you are a Utility support.. just do what you can to minimize the damage,

biobirbbyyJan 2, 20163 votes

He has little to no risk for such a high reward.

I actually agree with this

HornypotsmokerJan 3, 20163 votes

My only gripe is that his grab range is retarded, if he lost like 1/5th of it id be happy and it would fall more in line with his other mechanics (in your face rekin you). I mean he does pull you all the way to him regardless of terrain already, Why have it have a longer range then most other skillshots?

ZGM DazzlingJan 1, 20162 votes

Blitz isnt broken... his gameplay is just toxic.

But there are wrose examples like annie malz etc

SirsirJan 2, 20161 votes

At least they are immobile.

TouchpadExpertJan 2, 20162 votes

Blitzcrank is a highly offensive support choice. He leaves much to be desired in terms of peel, sustain and utility. He works best when your team is running a "pick off" comp where you kill one enemy champion and press your numbers advantage to take objectives such as dragon, a tower or anything else.

ÑapoleoniJan 2, 20162 votes

Peel - E,Q

Sustain - Relic Shield, but other than that I get your point

Utility - AOE silence

TouchpadExpertJan 2, 20161 votes

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Peel - E,Q

Sustain - Relic Shield, but other than that I get your point

Utility - AOE silence

He has to get up close in order to peel with E which usually results in Blitzcrank's sacrificial death. And in order to peel with the grab Blitzcrank needs to stand a ways away from the person he is peeling for which almost never happens. And if it does it usually results in Blitzcrank's death.

While most do build relic shield, it's not a significant or impactful heal. That's if they even build the relic shield as some players will opt for the ancient coin in some match ups.

The AOE Silence really doesn't do much unless used to stop a channeled ability such as a Malabar ultimate or a Fiddlesticks drain. Not common stuff found in the bot lane besides maybe Miss Fortune, Lucian or Varus.

Blitzcrank is the support for people who don't know how to properly support or lack the patience to play a more well-rounded support champion.

ÑapoleoniJan 2, 20162 votes

Do you even know what peeling is? If your adc is not a complete idiot, he will be in the back while the Bruisers are in the front engaging. There's always an assassins that sneaks through so you just knock him up while he is all alone in your back line. His q does work as a peel, when your getting grabbed, know matter how close you are, there is like a half a second where you can't do anything, and a late game ADC can do 750 dmg in that half a second. What if a tank is on your ADC because he got caught out? Well lets face it, your ADC is worth more than you, and it doesn't really matter if you die.

Yea, tons of well rounded support champions don't have a heal, see Thresh Leona Braum.

Um an AOE silence is honestly really good utility wise, it allows you to block out any disengage the ADC and support has, allowing for an easy knock up and grab.

The last part I completely agree with. He is a new persons support.

StrawberrycocoaJan 3, 20162 votes

Blitzcrank, as much as I love him, is one of those champions that benefits really strongly from being an older champion. If he were built under current design philosophies, his grab would never go through walls, or it would require a set-up period like Tahm Kench's Devour.

But if his Grab were modified or nerfed in utility, there's nothing else he offers to use. Blitz suffers a lot of power deficiency in his overall kit because of that unrestricted Grab.

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

Idk I wish they would distribute his power more evenly in his abilities while keeping him the Blitzcrank we have today.

Like you said maybe not letting him hook over walls. - This right here will make Blitz 100x more safe to play against.

I can handle a Blitz in lane; however his presence is scary.

NaramielJan 3, 20161 votes

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Blitzcrank, as much as I love him, is one of those champions that benefits really strongly from being an older champion. If he were built under current design philosophies, his grab would never go through walls, or it would require a set-up period like Tahm Kench's Devour.

But if his Grab were modified or nerfed in utility, there's nothing else he offers to use. Blitz suffers a lot of power deficiency in his overall kit because of that unrestricted Grab.

Exactly this: it's not that Blitz is overpowered, exactly, but in modern terms he's a "badly designed", feast or famine champion. His grab is an auto-kill except against certain specific champions (in which case his grab may actually hurt his own team), who are far from guaranteed to be in any particular game.

But without the grab he would be far too weak. Really he needs some significant changes rather than minor tweaks.

TurquoiseYoshiJan 2, 20161 votes

And, while you miss those 99% of your Qs, YOU'RE COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. I guess it's annoying to get hit by a hook, but that's all he can do. He has exactly 0 utility. He's played support because someone who can only do one PVP stun combo and nothing else isn't viable anywhere else. He's built tank because his tiny chance of hooking a squishy late for a one-shot combo isn't as good as just trying to be a wall after he burns his combo. Proper warding and team positioning completely negates everything he does.

ÑapoleoniJan 2, 20163 votes

People saying that his Q is his only good ability is bull shit. His W and E synergise so well, and he has an AOE silence on like a 30 seconds cd, allowing him to literally engage a team fight.

TurquoiseYoshiJan 2, 20162 votes

If you allow Blitz to get into range to engage on you, you deserve to get knocked up. That movement speed is nowhere near enough, especially if you have literally any CC, including a slow.

You also forgot to mention that that silence lasts for .5 seconds. Teamfight engage requires much longer CC, and especially something better than a silence. Have you ever seen Soraka engage a teamfight with her E? Let me put it this way, if his silence was instead a stun and lasted twice as long, he would still be worse at engaging than Amumu, Sejuani, Zac, Nautilus, Jarvan, Hecarim, Gragas, or Malphite; and all of those have good damage/other tricks outside of their engage.

ÑapoleoniJan 2, 20161 votes

Yea also none of those champions play support . . .

And are you serious its like 90 percent extra move speed . . . Also, you have to predict the grab. So while your strafing side to side trying to dodge the blitz grab, he can just run up to you and knock you up

TurquoiseYoshiJan 2, 20161 votes

Naut does. We can also count Alistar and Leona and Thresh, if you want supports.

90% at max rank. That ends up being about 700 if you're very fast/have Mobi's out of combat. CC also exists, you can use it on Blitz. Most champions have reliable-enough moderate-CD CC to wait for the eventual slow Blitz gets.

ÑapoleoniJan 2, 20161 votes

Yea, to bad Blitz grab is probably farther than whatever CC you have. And I really thought all Blitz players maxed W first because how great the move speed buff is. I guess most champions do have moderate enough CC, but if Blitz doesn't burn W at tower and walk up to you at your tower, good luck waiting for that slow because W lasts like 6 seconds, plenty enough time to get behind what ever minions you have left and grab you. And yea I agree Alistar and Leona are better engage support champions, but that actually relies on your team actually needing an engage. And I feel thresh and Blitz are kinda the same, but thresh being a little easier to get a kill with because he can just lantern someone in.

TurquoiseYoshiJan 2, 20161 votes

Most people max Q first, and a large percentage max E second. It lasts 5 seconds, and walking past minions to get a hook/knockup is still not optimal unless you have a second person speeding up to capitalize.

I'm pretty sure engage is pretty important. Also note that I said if Blitz's ult was a stun and lasted twice as long. He really can't be counted as an engager. Thresh and Blitz both have hooks, but Thresh has much better teamwide CC and overall utility, and Blitz has better single-target lockdown.

RawJan 2, 20161 votes

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Seriously, you can miss 99% of your Q's, but late game if you hit one your a fucking god.

So you failed to win the game with that 99%? http://www.auplod.com/u/uopadl6d63e.png

SexySoapTurtleJan 3, 20161 votes

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So you failed to win the game with that 99%? http://www.auplod.com/u/uopadl6d63e.png

I just noticed your signature. I know this is a bit off topic. But are you trying to come off as pretentious

The DeckownerJan 3, 20161 votes

if he's not stupid its pretty easy to land a Q

if you are not stupid its pretty easy to dodge a q

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

sorry I'm gold

The DeckownerJan 3, 20161 votes

sorry u are complaining about a blitz being too broken like all the bronze players?

division doesnt completely determine how good you are, but your mechanic does. if u are getting hook by blitz a lot then u are bad equally as bad as those whining about it in bronze.

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

Im not saying he's broken lol im just saying he is retarded

o wait your silver III lol

no wonder blitz cant land a hook

The DeckownerJan 3, 20161 votes

wow so much salt if i sell them all out i will become as rich as bill gates!

so u must be that gold player who gets hook by silver 3 blitz and bitches about him being a retarded champion?

real blitz player is all about the mind game, they can not use q a single time in a lane but still scare and zone the shit out of his enemy.

admit that u are bad.

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

obviously not as bad as you

And yea I obviously know about the mind game. When I play Blitz I just sit there and zone. Also I guess you didn't watch the video that claimed all Gold players are retarded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ914sg41RM

Its true

The DeckownerJan 3, 20161 votes

salt, so much salt. if there isnt adc players like u who got matched with me then my blitz winrate probably will be around 80%

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

wow I think your just retarded now.

The DeckownerJan 3, 20161 votes

nope u are just salty, admit it

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20161 votes

..?

insaiyanbaccaJan 3, 20161 votes

Seriously, you can miss 99% of your Q's, but late game if you hit one your a fucking god.

please pull that late game amumu/sej/any aoe cc tank right into your team, that'll help you.

The Bearded BardJan 3, 20161 votes

No one ever says the drawbacks of blitz, so I'll go ahead and do it.

Obligatory mention of the high mana cost, which is especially crippling due to his dependence on mana for his passive.
If he misses all those grabs, what exactly is he doing for your team? Absolutely nothing. Nami can miss just as many bubbles, but she'll have heals, damage, and more cc to make up for that, blitz has noooooooooothing.
Blitz can grab a tank, or someone with a shit ton of CC, into your team. If that happens, you'll most likely lose the teamfight.
You just missed your grab, in the following seconds Zed dives your adc, Wukong knocks your entire team up for Yasuo to keep them suspended with his ult while Morg makes yasuo immune to spells, binds you (because you were out far fishing for that hook), and lays down her ult for when your team hits the ground. You, as a support for your team, can do nothing to stop it, where as Janna, Nami, Morg, Braum, Thresh, Alistar, Zilean, Karma, Lulu, etc all have ways of saving at least one person from that slaughter.

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20162 votes

I agree with all of this, just stating that his entire kit is annoying. Sure this can happen, but this requires really good team coordination.

The mana cost is iffy because lets face it, Blitz can be doing nothing but have a clear sight of you, and zone you of all your cs.

4thHorsmanJan 3, 20161 votes

That's why you abuse his high cooldowns. If he misses a Q then you poke the fuck out of him.

RIP ResonanceJan 3, 20161 votes

item 3102 Sivir Ezreal dodge skill shots

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20162 votes

2 champions can do well in lane against blitz is what I'm getting at here, even though so many others can as well.

Also, I'm not rushing a banshees

RIP ResonanceJan 3, 20161 votes

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2 champions can do well in lane against blitz is what I'm getting at here, even though so many others can as well.

Also, I'm not rushing a banshees

Morgana Lucian Graves Corki

dodge skill shots

Blitzcrank is very predictable.

ÑapoleoniJan 3, 20163 votes

A Bad Blitz is predictable, a good one isn't. Half the time when I play Blitz I just go infront of there minions and go afk. Kappa

DU BaymaxJan 4, 20161 votes

The thing is, the pull is pretty much everything he has. Without his pull he is nothing, and if he doesn't land pulls he's a remarkably useless support as anything besides a meat shield.

Dodge the pulls. Which, I agree, is easier said then done in some cases, but if you dodge the pulls effectively he's pretty much useless.

ÑapoleoniJan 4, 20161 votes

Dodging the pulls is easy, but dodging all of them is hard.