Talk:Blitzcrank/@comment-26808509-20161116063610/@comment-26808509-20170125235032

The silence is there for interruption and it also gives you enough tim for using the power fist, without the enemy being able to flash away. The passive however falls into the category of failed desing. He is supposed to be a support, but several parts of his kit, including his ults passive, are features for a solo laner. The others being the AS on Overdrive, his passive shield and his high damage. The only really supportive is his Rocketgrab and arguable the Powerfist, because he can set up kills with it and *kind of* peel for his ADC, but that's it. Everything else in his kit is pretty selfish to be honest.

I'd rather see a Blitzcrank that deals less damage, has the same catching factor, but also has some more of a supportive character. For the compensation of less damage he would have some tools to still be usefull, even if he doesn't manage it to hit a grab or the enemies frontline is smart enough to block it. Maybe give him an AS steroid for allies instead for himself, maybe rework his passive into somethin supportive, maybe let his ult slow.

Blitz' playstyle right now is pretty linear and yes, it may be funny for the player, but it still pretty onesided. Not all champs should be as complex as Katarina or Yasuo and shouldn't be able to do 100 different things on 100 different ways, but Blitzcranks playstyle consists in either running around and positioning for a good grab or running onto an unaware enemy directly. And that's it. There's nothing more to him. And if he gets denied by doing this, he almost isn't there. Even the pressure he has isn't as opressive as other champions have.

I know that his Rocketgrab is a strong ability and for compensation his other abilities need to be pretty weak, but I don't want him to be stronger but better definied and with a bit more use than "grab someone or be useless". He is like a Soraka without her silence rigtnow, with only one thing he can do and in this he is either too strong or useless. That's not healthy in any way.