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Blitzcrank Support build & stats

TankSupport A 503 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
51.3%
Pick rate
6.7%
Ban rate
14.8%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 6 games

Finish these three

Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
2,200 gold
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
2,500 gold
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
2,200 gold
6,900 gold
80.0% WR 25 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
60.0% 20 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
77.8% WR
9 games · 2% pick
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
55.8% 77 games

Max order

Rocket Grab Q Power Fist E Overdrive W
66.7% 3 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Blitzcrank

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Blitzcrank wins 51.3% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (503 games).
  • Most common core: Bandlepipes → Zeke's Convergence → Locket of the Iron Solari — 66% win rate over 32 games.
  • Take Glacial Augment as keystone: picked in 70% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Bard (73% over 11 games). Hardest: Yuumi (27% over 22 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Bandlepipes
Bandlepipes
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
65.6% WR
32 games · 6% pick
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
80.0% WR
25 games · 5% pick
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Thornmail
Thornmail
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
63.6% WR
11 games · 2% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
6 games · 1% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
52.5% WR
358 games · 71% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
50.0% WR
50 games · 10% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
52.9% WR
34 games · 7% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
68.4% 4% (19)
66.7% 3% (15)
61.1% 4% (18)
60.6% 25% (127)
56.8% 44% (220)
55.9% 12% (59)
53.9% 23% (115)
53.8% 10% (52)
52.9% 69% (346)
50.0% 6% (32)
46.5% 9% (43)
45.0% 4% (20)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
166 games · 33% pick
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
53.7% WR
67 games · 13% pick
Aftershock Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
62 games · 12% pick
Glacial Augment Hextech Flashtraption Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Bone Plating Unflinching

Keystones

  • Glacial Augment Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies. 50.6%70% pick
  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 50.5%19% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 60.0%4% pick
  • Unsealed Spellbook Unsealed Spellbook Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps. 76.5%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 50.7%75% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 55.8%15% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 51.2%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Rocket Grab Q Power Fist E Overdrive W 66.7%3 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (67%).

  • PMana Barrier

    Blitzcrank gains a shield based on their mana when dropping to low health.

  • QRocket Grab

    Blitzcrank fires their right hand to grab an opponent on its path, dealing damage and dragging it back to them.

  • WOverdrive

    Blitzcrank super charges themself to get dramatically increased Move and Attack Speed. They are temporarily slowed after the effect ends.

  • EPower Fist

    Blitzcrank charges up their fist to make the next attack deal double damage and pop their target up in the air.

  • RStatic Field

    Enemies attacked by Blitzcrank are marked and take lightning damage after 1 second. Additionally, Blitzcrank can activate this ability to remove nearby enemies' shields, damage them, and silence them briefly.