MOBA Champion

Blitzcrank Build

The Best Runes, Items, and Advice to Dominate Your Competition

LoL Champion

Blitzcrank

566,831 LoL Matches Analyzed

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Summary

We came up with our Blitzcrank build recommendations by analyzing 566,831 recently ranked League rounds with him in them. We only recommend the highest winrate Blitzcrank builds that were used by ranked players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our data, we are confident in our suggested builds.

To get more focused build advice and strategies, please read our guide to playing with Blitzcrank farther down on the page. Additionally, to see Blitzcrank builds tailored to a unique division, choose your desired division from the dropdown menu found above. In that case, the recommended Blitzcrank build will be based on that division's meta.

Best Blitzcrank Runes

If you are battling a mixed enemy team composition, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Guardian, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest fraction of his games when using these runes. However, if you are battling a more homogenous enemy team composition, such as an AD focused or a CC heavy team, you should instead look below to get the best Blitzcrank runes to win your particular game.

Overall

Guardian Rune Guardian
Demolish Rune Demolish
Bone Plating Rune Bone Plating
Overgrowth Rune Overgrowth
Manaflow Band Rune Manaflow Band
Transcendence Rune Transcendence
Versus Selected Team Comp
Aftershock Rune Aftershock
Shield Bash Rune Shield Bash
Bone Plating Rune Bone Plating
Overgrowth Rune Overgrowth
Cosmic Insight Rune Cosmic Insight
Biscuit Delivery Rune Biscuit Delivery

Best Items for Your Blitzcrank Build

The most important items to include in your Blitzcrank build are: Shurelya's Battlesong, Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Randuin's Omen. Yet, as with our rune builds, you can also get great, focused, Blitzcrank item builds farther down for the particular enemy team composition you are fighting in your ongoing match. Players who added these pieces in their setups had a greater win rate than players who worked towards other Blitzcrank builds.

LoL Item Shurelya's BattlesongLoL Item Zeke's ConvergenceLoL Item Knight's VowLoL Item Randuin's Omen

vs AD Heavy Teams

LoL Item Locket of the Iron SolariLoL Item ThornmailLoL Item RedemptionLoL Item Knight's Vow

vs AP Heavy Teams

LoL Item Locket of the Iron SolariLoL Item Zeke's ConvergenceLoL Item ThornmailLoL Item Frozen Heart

vs CC Heavy Teams

LoL Item Locket of the Iron SolariLoL Item Abyssal MaskLoL Item Zeke's ConvergenceLoL Item Knight's Vow

vs Tanky Teams

LoL Item Shurelya's BattlesongLoL Item Zeke's ConvergenceLoL Item RedemptionLoL Item Knight's Vow

Guide to Playing with Blitzcrank

  • If someone ganks you under tower, use Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field as a quick combo to make your opponent pay.
  • Blitzcrank performs better when he has teammates following him up; make sure you coordinate with your team before engaging.