It's so that an early downvote doesn't bone the author. In the scope of a guide's score, it'd be like taking map quiz, and opting not to use a word bank, even though there's one readily available for you. There's no harm that can come from using it

I will never understand why the MOBAFire community values that so much; I'm pretty sure that there's people around the forums who'd like to sentence others to death for not using C2V.

Also, turn comment to vote on!!!!!!!

Hello, you requested a review from my review service thread, found here.

Apologies for taking so long - your guide was quite in depth, and I never like cutting corners on guide reviews. I uploaded my mark-down of your guide on a PDF and then uploaded that. I hope that's okay with you. That's just what I have found is the easiest way to bring clarity to some of my comments.



There were very few instances where your guide was lacking in content - which is really good. I usually tear people apart for that, so good job :) You've covered enough to get my upvote :P
There were a few things that detracted from your guide. The thing that probably took away most from your guide was the lack of organization. Some of the points that you made from your videos were pretty important, but I felt like I only knew of the things that you covered because I tried really hard to focus on your guide. I can very much so see a not-so attentive reader simply kinda 'skimming' over your points from each video. A good way to maintain a reader's attention is through some nice formatting, good spacing between texts, and a small amount of variation in color. An example of a guide that does this very well is Vynnie's Nami guide.

In addition to some of the content in your guide being a little unorganized, I noticed that some of the points that you covered were not touched upon heavily enough. When I read your comments following some of your videos, I felt like I only really understood the message you were trying to send because I have had quite a bit of experience with Blitzcrank in high level play, and that other, less experienced readers may not have really understood the message you were trying to send.

Lastly, I'd like to see more content added for your team fighting section. The two videos that you posted were videos of you catching members on the opposing team, and realistically, that's not always the way team fights will start. I want to see some videos of you timing your hook so that when a Zed Death Marks your carry, you wait .33-.5 seconds after Zed goes invulnerable, and Rocket Grab to the area near your carries' back to grab Zed immediately after he comes out.

I'm going to withhold on +scouting your guide for now, until I see those things fixed. If you do change those things adequately enough, you can (and should!) re-submit your guide to my review thread and i'll +scout your guide so it can get featured on the front page :)

If my review helped, a +rep really means a lot to me. If you can't read some of the things I wrote in my review, you can PM me, respond in a comment here, or post on my review thread and i'll transcribe the pages that you can't read. Lastly, I hope you got something out of this review. Thanks a lot for your time,
~U

Thy sins
1. Some structural aspects are better off using columns or tables. If the coding thing is a bit too tricky you can PM me for further details. The text in general isn't easy to read because of the lack of coding, but if you follow the advice my colleague veteran gave you about namelinks, it should already be a lot better.
2. "But I think the fact that you can use Exhaust both offensively and defensively makes getting it very good." Don't start sentences with "but", but rather with "however,"
3. "With the recent changes to heal it makes it a decent summoner skill that you can pick up for bot lane." Recent? It has been months already.
4. Start sentences with "However"? Put a comma behind it.
5. As a report writer myself I am bothered by the high amount you use "I", as it isn't a guide about you, but about Blitzcrank. Also it makes your guide look more opinionated whereas most things are either true or not. It can also just be me bothered by it so do with this advice as you like.
6. Although I really appreciate the depth of your tactical section, the fact that it is: "1 video, 2 lines of text, 1 video, 2 lines of text" makes it look a bit wonky. I'd recommend using spoilers for big pictures/videos. The spoiler code is: [spoiler=NAMESPOILER]Example[/spoiler]7. No C2V

Thy blessing
1. Well structured cheatsheet
2. Build looks fine
3. Bonus: Matchups
4. All basics included
5. A lot of useful visual aids during the tactical section

Result: Path of the Successor
The guide shows a lot of depth, shows a good quality build and actually has a good enough structure to find the information you need. These aspects are all pretty important and you have shown you are capable of succeeding at them. However, there are still a few things with language and structure I think can improve. Although there weren't any major flaws, they are the difference between making the guide an easy read and (with all due respect) a more boring read.

If you have any questions on improving your guide structure-wise, I suggest looking at some of the really helpful coding guides that are linked on this thread. If not, there are some people on mobafire that specialise on helping others with coding and language that might want to help you. You can find these people on the build and guide subforum on mobafire.

Good luck and have fun with your guide!

As your guide already has less than 5 votes, according to the rules stated in the OP of the review shop, you will gain an upvote. Check out the review shop for more information about the scoring. If you liked or disliked my review, please also go to my review shop to leave a post or tell me in PM what you think.

I think the best way to coordinate with your lane partner is just to ask what their preference is. There are a multitude of play styles and you can only be sure if you ask what they want to do. Blitzcrank's early game is very strong but he will never be able to straight up 1v1 an opponent. I would say playing with a passive lane partner just means holding onto your grab longer to create the zone pressure. Having the threat of it being used is enough to scare opponents into respecting your zone. If you are pushed under the turret then I think you should grab whenever you have the chance to.

Climbing bronzie here. Awesome guide. Love the details on left-side and right-side grabs. Any advice on laning strat when adc is slow on follow thru after grab? I keep dying soloq lvl2/3 on a hook that turns into all-in with my adc peacing out. No early grabs?

Ah oops. I will now go back and litter my guide with these :P and yes I think adding a basic final build will be good. Thanks for the help! (:

You can use coding like

to create Blitzcrank and .

See: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/making-a-guide-101506#chapter24

I would also mention a full build in the cheat sheet.