Talk:Blitzcrank/@comment-5686533-20131016174029/@comment-24073465-20131120195411

way I see it, if you did something like that, it would radically change Blitz's position from support to something like tanky AP or something (at best), or render him almost completely unviable (at worst)....

while increasing the distance might help, considering that his current grab time with cast time is about ~0.75 sec, changing the time taken to grab someone at the same distance (of 1050) would be about 1.25 sec (cast+reach distance). With the increase in the time taken to grab someone being that much longer it would actually be HARDER to grab people since they would be more liable to dodge the grab. Along with that, telegraphing the grab, especially to the enemy, would be liable to destroy his support status, as any enemy could automatically prepare for and react to it, effectively wasting his mana. And, if by chance, he managed to grab someone, if stunned for only 0.25 second, they would be likely to be able to easily run away, especially if they aren't locked down by further cc. Heck, blitz may not even have time to use his Power Fist on them without charging it beforehand, which would be further telegraphing, in and of itself.

A third problem is that major changes affect his mana power. With a lower cool-down, Blitz might be liable to spam the hook, at least in lower ELOs. This would mean that without mana changes, he'd be out of mana much sooner. And we all know how problematic it is to be manaless with blitz.

TL;DR (though i wish you actually read it) the proposed changes would significantly alter his gameplay, and would make his supporting much more difficult, possibly unviable...