Blitzcrank has a huge disconnect between his lore and his gameplay.

Bârd·7/18/2017, 9:38:49 AM·159 votes·4,824 views

Lore: Rescues the people of Zaun, cleans up the streets, real stand up guy. Iron Giant type.

Game: Single minded, aggressive murder-bot. A brass terminator. Shit, look at his VO. Half of his lines either express a desire to hurt or an indifference towards human suffering.

103 Comments

InstaPoppy7/18/2017, 12:17:30 PM71 votes

I personally feel like Blitz could use a vgu.

KoKoboto7/18/2017, 9:46:25 PM17 votes

"The time of men has come to an end." -Blitzcrank while saving Zaunites from a falling elevator

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Chembaron Yamada7/18/2017, 11:44:22 AM14 votes

That's exactly how I feel. When you look at his lore, his subclass clearly should be Warden, a protective tank.

But in gameplay, he is a catcher. That subclass makes sense for Thresh, who wants to imprison souls to torture them. Or Zyra, who is a carnivorous plant and wants to consume everything. But does Blitzcranks lore really support a playstyle of "I grab that guy over there and doom him for death!"? I don't think so.

Blitzcrank and Singed are the worst offenders when it comes to lore/gameplay disconnect. I would wish for them to get a VGU soon to tackle exactly that problem, but unfortunately it seems they are not really high priority in the VGU list....

Oh, and sorry to derail a bit more, but I want to mention Orianna as well. Her new lore is that she was once a girl replacing all her organic parts with hextech and clockwork. While her gameplay seems fine, I think her VO doesn't match that lore at all anymore. And I would like her movement to feel more natural....

Cowseed7/18/2017, 3:45:17 PM10 votes

He doesn't grab enough Ashe in his lore

Blakiepug7/18/2017, 3:17:35 PM5 votes

Let's please not completely change a champion that is already fine to fit his lore that I'm pretty sure people who play Blitzcrank don't care about. Instead change his lore to fit his play style if players are really that concerned about it.

Recons7/18/2017, 6:41:42 PM4 votes

Change Blitzcranks Abilities to:

  • Dynamo: Everytime Blitzcrank uses an ability, he gains his W move speed for the same amount of time, and he then gets slowed after wards, for the same amount of time as his W. Scales with level 6/11/16.

  • Rocket Grab: Unchanged.

  • New ability ~ Vital Yank! Using his left hand, Blitzcrank pulls an allied champion to himself, if the allied champion is under 25% of their health (increased by rank up to 50%) they also get shielded for X percent of blitzcrank's bonus health (or mana whatever)

  • Power Fist: Unchanged.

  • NEW! Static Field: REMOVED: Bolt passive. NEW- Blitzcrank detonates his Static Field, applying a 0.5 second silence to ALL CHAMPIONS in range. Additionally, the Static Field permeates the ground, slowing enemy champions by 30%-40%-50% (per rank) that diminishes rapidly over the duration, the field lasts for 2 seconds.

Ebonmaw Dragon7/18/2017, 10:05:05 PM3 votes

Not really, the gameplay is not a problem, his VO is.

I mean, he is a support, and that fits with his lore.

Lõyalty7/19/2017, 3:12:50 AM2 votes

MissFortune is even worse

Lore: Bad-ass pirate lady who spends years planning the fall of gangplank and singehandely flips Bildgewater on its back and now is striving to be the uncrowned Queen of it.

Game: Big boobied girl walking around with her butt stuck out constantly shaking her hips while wearing skimpy clothing while also constantly throwing out sexual innuendos.

Baron Perenolde7/19/2017, 4:45:29 AM2 votes

As much as I wouldn't mind a VGU for Blitz, his current look and lines are so iconic. If he had a loving update like Urgot or Yi, which preserved the characters while expanding upon them, I'd be stoked. I just fear Riot would turn Blitz into something unrecognizable.

Jackom17/19/2017, 7:02:10 AM2 votes

A rolling golem gives zero fucks

MonkeyMadness7/19/2017, 9:08:17 AM2 votes

Not as bad as Aatrox . Lore claims he's super aggressive, effortlessly skilled in combat, and serves to rally whichever side he chooses to victory. In reality, he's a slow clunky hybrid of a bunch of other champs that, despite the lore being almost entirely focused on his ability to "buff" his allies, has not a single ally buff skill.

Quackas7/20/2017, 7:48:56 PM2 votes

Since when did people give a shiet about lore? Are you also mad he doesn't have a fleshing compatibility service in-game?

I swear to God-Hand if you take away my Dr.Who reference from my main I will lead a revolt on Riot headquarters!

Though if you want to update his kit that's fine, his Q is buggy as shit and it's his entire kit! I expect it to work flawlessly if 90% of his power is dedicated to it.

Not to mention his ult passive does more harm than good.