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Blitzcrank Support build & stats

TankSupport B 331 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.1%
Pick rate
7.9%
Ban rate
19.1%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Bandlepipes
Bandlepipes
2,300 gold
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
2,200 gold
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
2,200 gold
6,700 gold
71.4% WR 21 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
53.1% 256 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
58.5% WR
118 games · 36% 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

Flash Ignite
50.8% 248 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 50.1% of games as Support on patch 16.18 (331 games).
  • Most common core: Bandlepipes → Zeke's Convergence → Locket of the Iron Solari — 71% win rate over 21 games.
  • Take Glacial Augment as keystone: picked in 66% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Bard (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Nami (21% over 14 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Blitzcrank is an early-game champion: 55% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 46% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
  • Banned in 19% of games — have a backup pick ready.

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
71.4% WR
21 games · 6% pick
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
56.3% WR
16 games · 5% pick
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Thornmail
Thornmail
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
57.1% WR
7 games · 2% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
53.1% WR
256 games · 77% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
40.0% WR
25 games · 8% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
37.5% WR
24 games · 7% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
58.0% 43% (143)
57.9% 6% (19)
57.1% 4% (14)
55.9% 10% (34)
55.2% 20% (67)
53.1% 10% (32)
51.5% 10% (33)
51.4% 78% (257)
50.6% 24% (81)
50.0% 4% (12)
50.0% 2% (8)
37.5% 2% (8)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
58.5% WR
118 games · 36% 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
48.9% WR
47 games · 14% pick
Aftershock Demolish Conditioning Overgrowth Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
52.5% WR
40 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. 52.3%66% pick
  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 51.4%22% 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. 33.3%4% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 45.5%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 50.8%75% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%14% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 45.5%10% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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.