Blitzcrank, the Great Steam Golem, is a tank and support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 804 analysed ranked games, Blitzcrank is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 51.5% win rate in that role: tier A among Support champions (#9 of 39, ranked by win rate). Blitzcrank's damage is mostly magic (60%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (50.4% to 52.3%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
Averages measured over 804 Support games played with Blitzcrank, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Blitzcrank is a support-tank who wins by making picks: Rocket Grab catches an enemy and pulls them in, then Power Fist doubles the damage of his next attack and knocks the target up. His passive gives him a shield at low health based on his mana, Overdrive boosts his attack and movement speed, and his ultimate damages and silences.
When: An enemy is isolated on the trajectory.
Rocket Grab pulls them to you while damaging them, Power Fist doubles the damage of your attack and knocks them into the air.
When: You need to catch up to a target.
Overdrive greatly boosts your attack and movement speed but slows you at the end: only use it if the chase is decisive.
When: Enemies are in melee range.
Static Field marks the enemies you attack (lightning after 1 second); activate it to destroy nearby shields, damage and silence.
The grab is your lane ability: every hit decides the trade. Keep some mana: your Mana Barrier depends on it.
The most-played core build is Bandlepipes, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari (35 games, 60.0% win rate).
For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Blitzcrank's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 64.5% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Knight's Vow: 62.9% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Frozen Heart: 67.9% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.
Leona has the edge in 59% of the 22 Support duels against Blitzcrank. See the Leona guide.
Pyke has the edge in 58% of the 19 Support duels against Blitzcrank. See the Pyke guide.
Janna has the edge in 56% of the 16 Support duels against Blitzcrank. See the Janna guide.
Soraka has the edge in 52% of the 21 Support duels against Blitzcrank. See the Soraka guide.
Nami has the edge in 50% of the 22 Support duels against Blitzcrank. See the Nami guide.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Blitzcrank's matchups.
The most-played core build is Bandlepipes, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari (35 games, 60.0% win rate).
Blitzcrank's toughest matchups as Support are Leona (40.9% win rate over 22 games), Pyke (42.1% win rate over 19 games), and Janna (43.8% win rate over 16 games).
Blitzcrank posts its best win rates against Bard (63.2%), Nautilus (63.2%), and Senna (61.1%).
Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (50.4% to 52.3%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.
The most-played rune page uses Glacial Augment with the Sorcery secondary tree (437 games, 53.8% win rate).
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