What role was Blitzcrank originally made for when he was created along with League?

BeatzBoyFTW·Oct 16, 2014·3 votes·2,072 views

No, this isn't a thread where I would go and say "Blitz is a tank/fighter champ, so he is not support". Just want to hear an opinion possibly from Riot about Blitz actual main lane.

Yes, it is seen that when he was created, he was made to be a Tank/Fighter. Which means he would originally be classified as a top laner, unlike Thresh who has almost similar capabilities in his kit compared with Blitz, yet he is labelled to be a Support/FIghter champ.

Sir Riot, I need to know, did you guys actually thought at first Blitzcrank was created to be a top champ, before everyone suited him as a support role?

7 Comments

MyrddinOct 16, 20141 votes

mid

The Storm DragonOct 16, 20141 votes

He was originally designed as proto-bruiser. (Watch his champion spotlight for this). Then later he became an AP assassin, then he became a support.

TadikenOct 16, 20141 votes

He was originally designed as proto-bruiser. (Watch his champion spotlight for this). Then later he became an AP assassin, then he became a support.

This is where his ridiculous, but conflicting offensive ratios came from.

The Storm DragonOct 16, 20141 votes

He was originally designed as proto-bruiser. (Watch his champion spotlight for this). Then later he became an AP assassin, then he became a support.

This is where his ridiculous, but conflicting offensive ratios came from.

Funfact: Blitzcrank's E modifies his base AD. So if he crits on an E, it does 400% AD (500% with IE)

TadikenOct 16, 20141 votes

Didn't know whether or not it did, but it seems obvious. The spell literally states that it doubles your attack damage for the hit.

And that doesn't modify his base ad, by the way. That's like saying only your base ad crits. Which is not at all how it works. Instead of saying it modifies his base ad, you could say that it flat out empowers the basic attack, unlike other similar spells, which give bonus damage that does not crit.

Captain TacosOct 16, 20141 votes

When he was made there was no hard set meta. Rammus eve top? Yeah np. So he was made to be a fighter, answered your own question

TadikenOct 16, 20141 votes

You have a slight issue in that you are referring to archetypes by their lanes. Currently, multiple archetypes (Mage, Tank, Fighter, Assassin) can easily all fit the positions of top, mid, and jungle. Support and Marksman can also do this, rarely, namely Vayne, Teemo, Quinn, Kayle, and Lulu. Marksman Bot lane with an at least partial support seems to be the only constant.

Back in the days of beta, there was absolutely no meta of what characters went where that was set in stone. Characters were only created with archetypes in mind, not positions. Hell, jungle wasn't even considered a standard position until it was popularized in tournaments.

To answer your question, Blitzcrank was created to play like Pudge from DotA, a tanky brawler that made picks to start teamfights. He wasn't even considered to fit the support archetype until the bot lane adc support meta emerged in season one.

You already knew the answer to what blitz was, but just didn't quite understand how the meta has evolved into what it is today, rather than being the end all be all since the advent of League.

Bonus: In the days of Alpha, riot shifted between Summoners Rift holding 6 champions to 4 champions, the idea of top lane solo and bottom lane duo came from the days of 4v4 rift, because bot lane had better control over dragon in the early game. Jungle as a role was not introduced as even possible until either fiddlesticks, master yi, or warwick was created. They were the first three champions even CAPABLE of the role throughout beta.