Vote Vote

Not Updated For Current Season

This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page

Blitzcrank Build Guide by

The inescapable golem: Blitzcrank

26 3

70,597 Views

13 Comments

Blitzcrank Build Guide By Updated on

Guide Discussion (13) More Blitzcrank Guides

Runes:

Resolve

Aftershock

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Overgrowth

Inspiration

Approach Velocity

Future's Market

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+6 Armor
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Spells:

Barrier

Heal

Items

Starting Item

Core Items

Boots

For Damage

For AD Protection

For AP protection

Items with both Magic resist and Armor

Example Build for AD heavy team

Example Build for AP heavy team

Example Build for balanced team

Ability Order

Blitzcrank Passive Ability

More Blitzcrank Counters

Champion Build Guide

Hello, I am PhoenixianSlayer. I have played Blitzcrank since the beginning of Season 8. I have gotten Mastery 7 in a month or two of casual play with the Champion. I have had extreme success with the champion and noticed that my build is different than most builds, so I thought I would put my experiences into a guide.

Blitzcrank is a champion that is designed to completely immobilize an opponent champion. He is one of the most notorious supports in the game at one point having a 57% win rate in support. He is always a strong pick with the ability to force an opponent to come to you (unlike most all-in champs that go to their opponent). With this build, you can 1v1 the enemy ADC during late game. Blitzcrank is a great pick if you want to lead your team to victory.

Easy to master
Highly effective in support role
Highly durable
Can 1v1 in late game
When with your ADC, landing one
.... generally means instant death to your target

Has low damage in early game
His ability that could be called an escape tool, ,
.....isn't as good as other escape tools
Has no escapes for the ADC other than forcing them to attack
.....you instead.
Is helpless in the early and mid game if he is abandoned while
.....trying to or has hooked someone.

has one job: immobilize someone as long as possible so your ADC can kill them without dying. As a result, his entire kit is designed with that purpose in mind. A hook that stunned for pull duration, a knockup, a silence, and a MS boost for chasing. He can make team fights not an option by pulling people into 5v1s and have them dead before the enemy team realizes what happened. However, for most of the game, if he doesn't get followup on his plays, he is not going to do well. Also, since his entire kit is meant for immobilization, he doesn't have many good options for protecting your ADC.

Passive: Mana Barrier

You pay half your mana when you go below 20% health to get a shield equal to the mana that you spent.

First: Rocket Grab

Your main engage tool. Its a skillshot that pulls the first thing you hit to you. It has a high cooldown, so don't use this unless you are pretty sure it will hit AND you want a fight. It doesn't pass through minions so that is annoying at times. Also, its kinda easy to dodge (depends on target mobility), so try and do it when the opponent seems the most dazed/preoccupied.

Second: Overdrive

You speed up for a time then become slower. The slow is slightly annoying, but you get more distance out of it in the end so use it to help you close the gap. Its also adds Attack Speed, so go ahead and use it on towers.

Third: Power Fist

Basically a built in . its also CC. Use it to destroy towers or immobilize enemies.

Static BarrierUltimate: Static Barrier

The final CC in the kit, its an AOE silence. The spell is kinda weak due to this specific build because AP isn't built. However, This is good for interrupting channels or stopping champs from dashing for a bit longer. The passive will mark champs then hit them 1 sec later with a lightning bolt that does a bit of damage. The mark stacks up to two times and since your build is all about autoing, you will always have 2 stacks on your target.

Resolve

Row 1: Aftershock

is the best rune in this row. While does have some survivability, adds lots of protection for four seconds and then applies damage at the end. only comes into effect after four seconds. Without the 75 armor and magic resist, you could be dead in 4 seconds, especially at the beginning. You need your summoner spells early game to secure kills. Once your ADC has some decent damage, then you don't need them as much. has a lot more protection overall.

Row 2: Font of Life

I like for this row. is a good second choice, but we want to keep our ADC healthier and keep them from dying in 2v2 by giving them health when they attack your hook target. Without this rune, the only protection you can offer them is the Summoner Spell . This rune has saved my ADC many times because they get a ton of heals off it since they AA very quickly.

Row 3: Bone Plating

is the best choice because it will keep you alive through the early game. does not come into play until mid game, and you need the damage reduction to survive the first few kills in early game. becomes irrelevant after is bought, so no need for that either.

Row 4: Overgrowth

is really handy and adds so much health. You don't really use shields or heals, so is only helpful for the ADC, and while they do take some damage, you should be taking the brunt as the aggressor, besides, you won't let them attack your ADC with the constant airbornes, stuns, and silences. is not that helpful because you won't really be casting summoner spells after early game, and the roots and stuns you would be avoiding with this rune won't impede you when engaged in a 2v2 and can be dodged when not in a 2v2.

Inspiration

Row 1: Approach Velocity

is one of the best runes in Inspiration for this build. Once you slow someone, they can't escape, because they go slower when escaping and you go faster when pursuing. It makes it insanely hard for them to escape.

Row 2: Future's Market

is insanely handy. You need to be able to get to Frozen Mallet as soon as Possible, so you want to be able to get it 100-200 gold earlier, and the 50 gold debt for being loaned the gold will be quickly repaid with the gold earned from all the kills this item can get you.

Ancient Coin/Nomad's Medallion

Basic support item. Every minion that dies has a chance to drop a coin. The chance increases for every minion that did not drop a coin, and the chance decreases when a minion drops a coin. The coin either gives gold or recovers mana. This build doesn't have a ton of mana early, so the mana from coin helps cover that deficit. This item also adds some CDR which increases the time targets are stunned/airborne.

Frozen Mallet

If didn't have enough CC, this adds some more. This item adds a slow to anything autos. Also adds some tank stats. Since you pull people into auto attack range and then proceed to auto with and , this seems like a logical item to have. An all around necessity for this build.

Sheen

While is still your second item, is cheap and adds a nice amount of damage, so its worth the detour. It adds 100% base AD to your next auto after a spell. It stacks with giving you 200% total AD + 100% base AD for one auto. It also adds a bit of mana and 10% CDR

Warmog's Armor

This item gives you infinite sustain. You can always be ready to grab someone, just take the time you have to wait for your hook to come back up and wait for the healing effect to activate. You'll be full health by the time your hook comes back up and you are ready to target someone else.

Trinity Force

Big Brother to . It adds 200% base AD instead of 100% and also gives a movement speed buff when you auto. It also adds attack speed and gives you double the CDR that did.

There are other items that are good for the categories below, but these are my preferred items. The others are also good, but for different reasons and can be chosen instead due to preference or to counter a specific champion.

Damage Item

adds tank with damage, so its my goto. is a nice second since it allows you to use more often after ulting. It would only take a sec or two to regain with the attack speed boosts from , , and the attack reset from .

Defense Item

, , or are my gotos for this slot. helps your ADC by letting you tank even more damage, and gives you some significant battle regen since your ADC should be doing 600+ damage per auto by now. is best for team fights, or if the enemy specifically targets you, which they should. It gives you a bunch of armor and magic resist to defend against their barrage. As for , what's better than a tanky guy that makes teamfights easy for your team and generally should be getting enemy aggro? A tanky guy that makes teamfights easy for your team and generally should be getting enemy aggro WITH A REVIVE. Plus it adds a bit more damage.

For the defensive items, you need to sell your Nomad's medallion. At this point in the game, you definitely have hit late game. While I agree that wards are important, your team has to be really struggling to extend the game this long. Therefore, you need to take the initiative and try to carry. Therefore, you need to go full unkillable mode and try to end it.

Heal

is Emergency health and speed for you and your ADC. At least one person should have in the bottom lane, and since it gives you a way to help your ADC escape in the early game, you should always have it.

Barrier

While most people take as an alternative to , I take it in conjunction with to maximize survivability and tanking potential to maximize the time the ADC has to kill the target.

Flash

is great for securing kills or protecting yourself Super useful and a staple for most builds.

Kill Securing Combo

AA Static Barrier AA AA

First get the Opponent with your . Hit them with your auto attack to apply Frozen Mallet and the Spellblade damage. Then use your to slow them even more and reproc your spellblade. Use your to keep them from using their abilities for a bit longer and reproc your spellblade. auto attack to reapply Frozen and use Spellblade. Use your to get another Spellblade proc. Then auto attack. Continue using your and to apply damage and keep the opponent from escaping until they are dead. Reserve your in case they so you can pull them right back.

If there are too many minions in the way of your shot, skip the and just run at them and open with your

You should be focused on looking for a good opportunity to land a . Don't waste it. IT'S NOT A POKE TOOL. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY POKE TOOLS. You only have engage and entrapment tools. Therefore, do not waste your hooks needlessly.

As for teamwork, watch for the enemy JG. Let your ADC focus mainly on CSing and you focus on the stuff out of lane. Also, unless your ADC has a more powerful form of CC, you should target people for kills. Try and let your ADC know ahead of time then hook them. Since you are normally the one starting the engage, you should be the one choosing the target and such things.

Mastering Blitzcrank is really worthwhile, and this build will get you to Mastery 7 fast. Good hunting and show those fleshlings who's boss.

"Quake in fear, fleshling."

More Blitzcrank Counters

PhoenixianSlayer Blitzcrank Guide

Cast Your Vote Today!

Vote Vote

The inescapable golem: Blitzcrank

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Abilities

Runes

Items

Summoner Spells

Combos

Team Work/Engage tips

Summary

The inescapable golem: Blitzcrank

The inescapable golem: Blitzcrank

Recommended Items

Runes:

Spells:

Barrier

Heal

Items

Ability Order

Mana Barrier (PASSIVE)

Rocket Grab (Q)

Overdrive (W)

Power Fist (E)

Static Field (R)

Champion Build Guide

The inescapable golem: Blitzcrank

League of Legends Champions: