Best Blitzcrank Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in LoL
Blitzcrank support is perhaps one of the best characters to play in League of Legends if you love to constantly put pressure on the opposing ADC (especially at low ELOs in the game). Therefore, in this ultimate Blitzcrank guide we will tell you all the information you need about the best Blitzcrank build, Blitzcrank runes, summoner spells, skill order, and much more. Let's begin!
Best Blitzcrank Build
Blitzcrank build is very focused on making Blitzcrank a tank on the team, while he won't be the tankiest champion in the game, he will manage to serve as a front lane during a team fight. Therefore, the Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, and Knight's Vow will be essential items in the Blitzcrank build.
Best Blitzcrank Runes
Blitzcrank support is an incredible champion capable of applying large amounts of crowd control to the enemy team, destroying their shields and generating a lot of pressure on the map thanks to his rocket grab. For that reason, it is common for the Blitzcrank best runes to be the Inspiration tree rune set, choosing Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight. Likewise, select Resolve tree, Bone Plating, and Unflinching as the best Blitzcrank runes for both the laning phase and team fights.
Best Rune Path | Inspiration  | Resolve  |
Best Keystone | Glacial Augment  | |
Best Slot 1 (Rune) | Hextech Flashtraption  | Bone Plating  |
Best Slot 2 (Rune) | Biscuit Delivery  | Unflinching  |
Best Slot 3 (Rune) | Cosmic Insight  |
Best Blitzcrank Rune Shards
When it comes to Runes Shards for Blitzcrank support, it's best to keep the choice as simple as possible. Thus, Offense +8 Ability Haste, Flex +6 Armor, and one last rune shard Flex +6 Armor. This will help you get more resistance against the opposing ADC's poking and auto attacks.
Best Rune Shards | Effect |
Flex  | +8 Ability Haste |
Flex  | +6 Armor |
Flex | +6 Armor |
Best Blitzcrank Summoner's Spells
The great steam golem is the terror of any enemy champion in the bot lane, due to its high ability to put the opposing ADC in an awkward situation, it is recommended to use Blitzcrank with Flash and Ignite as summoner spells. However, you can also consider Exhaust Flash as summoner spells on occasion.
Best Spells | Icon |
Flash |  |
Ignite | 
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Best Blitzcrank Abilities Order
Blitzcrank is capable to deal magic damage to enemies while applying large amounts of CC and is therefore very useful for invading the enemy jungler in the early game and ambushing enemies in the late game. For that reason, this will be the skill order to follow for Blitzcrank, Rocket Grab (Q), Power Fist (E), and Overdrive (W). This will help you build pressure on your lane and do a lot of damage to enemies.
Best Blitzcrank items
Now you know that rocket grab and power fist are some of the most important abilities for Blitzcrank support, it's time to talk deeply about the best Blitzcrank build with the highest win rate currently in patch 12.17. Choosing the best among all mythic items will help you to support nearby allies and keep enemy players scared of your hard engage abilities and damage.
Best Starter Blitzcrank Items
Starting items for Blitzcrank support can vary depending on whether you will be playing against a high-ranged bot lane or a smaller-ranged bot lane. Since the correct item will give you more sustain during the laning phase and protect your ADC. Remember that when playing Blitzcrank, you can easily gank other lanes thanks to your rocket grab.
First Item | Second Item |
Relic Shield  | Health Potion  |
Best Mid Game Blitzcrank Items
During the mid-game, Blitzcrank should focus on roaming to other lanes to gain an advantage and secure objectives alongside his allies. Therefore, you can use the following items: Locket of the Iron Solari as a mythic item or even Shurelya's Battlesong. Buying also mobility boots are so important and Frozen Heart reduces auto attack speed to the enemies.
First Item | Second Item | Third Item |
Locket of the Iron Solari  | Mobility boots  | Frozen Heart  |
Best Final Late Game Blitzcrank Items
The late game is a very important moment for Blitzcrank. With the right items, you can reduce Rocket Grab's cooldown significantly and be a threat to more enemy players in team fights. Therefore, consider having these items in the late game: Locket of the Iron Solari as a mythic item or even Shurelya's Battlesong, mobility boots, Frozen Heart, Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Redemption. In this way you will be very useful to your enemies, and you will provide a very good initiation during the team fights, shields, healing, and more.
First Item | Second Item | Third Item | Fourth Item | Fifth Item | Sixth Item |
Locket of the Iron Solari | Mobility boots | Frozen Heart | Zeke's Convergence  | Knight's Vow  | Redemption 
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Best Champions to pair Blitzcrank with
Playing Blitzcrank in the bot lane is fun, but it's even more fun if you play it alongside Miss Fortune, Tristana, or Sivir. These champions can easily take advantage of the CC that Blitzcrank offers and can deal a lot of damage to the enemy in a short time. So do not miss the opportunity to try the Tristana Bliztcrank duo. You can also read our guide on the best build Morgana League of Legends. Another champion that pairs very well with Tristana.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
54% |  | |
53% |  | |
52% |  |
Strongest Champions against Blitzcrank
Taric, Rell, and Alistar are the champions to avoid in the bot lane if you want to play Blitzcrank right now. In the case of Alistar and Taric, they can easily protect their ADC against hard engage initiations, and in the case of Rell, her initiations are some of the best in the game, so you'll want to avoid her in Bot Lane.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
42% |  | |
43% |  | |
46% |  |
Weakest Champions against Blitzcrank
Finally, Blitzcrank excels against champions like Braum, Nami, and Yuumi. Champions with poor mobility and no clear way to defend themselves in case Blitzcrank uses his rocket grab to start a battle.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
54% |  | |
54% |  | |
53% |  |
We hope this guide will be useful to you, if you want to check more guides on champions, you can take a look at the best build Samira League of Legends. See you ate the summoner's rift!
