Tank

Blitzcrank

The Great Steam Golem

Blitzcrank is an enormous, near-indestructible automaton from Zaun, originally built to dispose of hazardous waste. However, he found this primary purpose too restricting, and modified his own form to better serve the fragile people of the Sump.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Mana Barrier
Q
Rocket Grab
W
Overdrive
E
Power Fist
R
Static Field

Blitzcrank

Overview

On patch 16.21, Blitzcrank is rated B tier in the support role, winning 49.3% of 7,898 ranked games with a 8.1% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Glacial Augment with Flash and Heal and builds Locket of the Iron Solari, Frozen Heart, Zeke's Convergence, and Boots of Swiftness.

Blitzcrank struggles most against Cho'Gath (35.7%), Rell (37.5%), and Janna (40.4%) and does best against Twitch (71.4%), Ashe (67.9%), and Veigar (64.3%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 7,898 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

49.3%

Win rate

8.1%

Pick rate

7.9K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Blitzcrank

The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.

Playing against Blitzcrank

Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.

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Matchups

All Blitzcrank matchups

Strong against

Twitch71.4%28
Ashe67.9%28
Veigar64.3%28
Bard63.6%55
Sona58.1%31

Weak against

Cho'Gath35.7%28
Rell37.5%96
Janna40.4%109
Zyra41.4%87
Alistar41.7%120

Abilities

P
Mana Barrier
Blitzcrank gains a shield based on their mana when dropping to low health.
Q
Rocket Grab
Blitzcrank fires their right hand to grab an opponent on its path, dealing damage and dragging it back to them.
Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16Cost: 100Range: 1079
W
Overdrive
Blitzcrank super charges themself to get dramatically increased Move and Attack Speed. They are temporarily slowed after the effect ends.
Cooldown: 15Cost: 75Range: 1
E
Power Fist
Blitzcrank charges up their fist to make the next attack deal double damage and pop their target up in the air.
Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5Cost: 25Range: 300
R
Static 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.
Cooldown: 60/40/20Cost: 100Range: 600