I think Blitzcrank is a good candidate for the modernization treatment

Lùmen·7/30/2017, 12:18:46 AM·43 votes·1,753 views

AKA the WW style update. Literally modernizes the character that he already is. I think it'd be perfect for him, with the right changes. No gameplay changes needed imo..

EDIT: I guess you're alright perfectly right with how Blitz shouldn't rely solely on his Q to not be useless to his team but it's just the way I like him because I play Mord&Blitz botlane and whenever my Blitz partner lands a hook it's pretty much a free kill or forced summs almost every time. But yes, you ppl are definitely right

33 Comments

Sharjo7/30/2017, 1:24:39 AM26 votes

No gameplay changes needed imo..

But that's not modernisation, that's just a straight VU then.

Epicurus7/30/2017, 1:49:15 AM14 votes

There were quite a few gameplay changes with that WW update...

Arakadia7/30/2017, 2:02:24 AM9 votes

I disagree. For two reasons:

His current Q is so strong that it eats up a massive part of his power budget. I do not see how he can be modernized without nerfing his Q and spreading power else where.
His Q is extremely poor to play with and against. No matter what happens someone feels bad. Either Blitz misses and loses a huge amount of his kit or Blitz hits and the hit target feels terrible because its unlikely they will live due to the hook's pick potential.

Just Blame Jenny7/30/2017, 10:21:32 AM5 votes

Wouldn't mind a rework on this one.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think he's overpowered. If anything, he feels weak against a halfway competent team.

But his kit is just so damned binary in a way most modern kits aren't.

Either he hits you and you're dead, or he misses and he's dead weight.

Not exactly riveting gameplay.

GreenLore7/30/2017, 11:38:39 AM4 votes

Overall I am pretty sure that Blitz could use some gameplay tweaks. He is simply too much of a onetrick pony.

Either he hooks a good target and deletes it. Or he doesn't and is useless until he can try again.

Clementine7/30/2017, 11:53:31 AM3 votes

Blitz needs a full VGU

Brutalitops017/30/2017, 12:20:26 AM2 votes

True that he's outdated, but did you know that Blitzcrank's Q used to be targeted, longer range than it is now, and you could (well you still can) combo with flash to increase range even further? Stand outside turret range, target enemy with hook, flash into turret, they die.

SanKakU7/30/2017, 2:44:52 PM2 votes

We already have Nautilus, why would we need a new Blitzcrank? Blitzcrank's fine except for visual inconsistency with his Q.

Just fix his visuals and he's done.

Nymzo7/30/2017, 3:54:21 PM2 votes

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I guess you're alright perfectly right with how Blitz shouldn't rely solely on his Q to not be useless to his team

No, we should never change that.

All pure disrupters ( Blitzcrank Thresh Rakan Zilean ) have one ability that they need to hit to win the lane. If they hit sucessfuly on the good target, they are rewarded.

But if they miss or hit the wrong target, they should be punish, both in lane and teamfight.

The main ability should also have a long cdr and cost quite a bit of mana.

It's the reason why Thresh is strong, he is not dependant on his q, doesn't cost that much mana and in later ranks, doesn't have that much cdr.

AmetDeCrypt7/31/2017, 2:29:21 AM1 votes

he's got old taric syndrome. is his q up? run from him. is it down? he's useless. I had an idea that was kind of silly that blitzcrank fires a hook out which then sticks on to an enemy champion and he can then channel is q to slowly reel them in to him but can't move while channeling, reel speed increasing with level of course until he can pull them back in to him. champions can move within the decreasing radius of the hook but can't walk out, and if they walk back it reels faster.

Ionian Vulpix7/30/2017, 3:38:12 PM1 votes

Random thought: Make him shoot his arms like the characters in ARMS. If he grabs someone, he drags them halfway and dashes the rest, like Naut, and knocks then up too. That way he'd be required to commit to hooking someone and his E could become something else. Again going off the ARMS analogy since I'm addicted, maybe have his E make him ranged and knock back targets ? I actually like his current ult as is and think he does need some sort of mobility so his W is pretty good for that

BLACK REALM GOD7/31/2017, 6:34:16 AM1 votes

so... how about instead of a Q active we give him a Q passive? EH? EH?

MeBuffULongTime7/30/2017, 8:52:39 PM1 votes

I agree, his age especially with the simplicity of his kit and his base skin is really starting to show. I wouldn't even really mind if he stayed as a support although hew as intended to be a top laner if they would do something about his hook --> knockup/burst combo.

Killaburn7/30/2017, 3:35:16 AM1 votes

I want his passive to be his W activating when he uses a skill (has 15/12/10/9 cooldown) and his Q should remain (but lower the power). His new W would his left arm grabbing a teammate(the opposite of his Q because blitz was created to help people and not a robot of death). His E would remain too and finally his R would be the same but lower the damage and make enemies CC with slow (because he is a supp). Plus, they should make them slow moving to balance this new passive.

Legacy Hydralpha7/30/2017, 3:00:06 AM1 votes

Would love for Blitzcrank to be modernized. I'm assuming by "No gameplay changes needed imo.." you mean he doesn't need changes to his playstyle. IMO too much power is put into hook, I would love for the hook to stay but hopefully he doesn't completely rely on it.