Talk:Blitzcrank/@comment-8733289-20150512133530/@comment-26417880-20150603192757

Blitz W was basically why he was so strong.

If you were outside of turret range he could just W and run into you with for an E, with you having literally no escape other than flash/dash. He could also roam like a god with all that movespeed, and mid game could run it with just 1 second downtime between casts, especially with tear build.

Sniping people with Q is the weakest way to play blitz, its why thresh players almost always flay before hooking now. Blitz was just more reliable at pinning people down since he had the movespeed advantage to refuse them escape and hold them for his team.