Blitzcrank/Background

Champion	Ability Details	Background	Strategy	Skins & Trivia

Lore Edit

The city of Zaun is a place where both magic and science have gone awry. The unchecked nature of experimentation has taken its toll on the city. However, Zaun's lenient restrictions allow their researchers and inventors the leeway to push the bounds of science at an accelerated rate, for better or worse. It was under these conditions that a team of doctoral students from Zaun's College of Techmaturgy made a breakthrough in the field of intelligent steam automation. Their creation, the steam golem Blitzcrank, was developed to exercise judgement on-the-fly in order to assist with Zaun's hazardous waste reclamation process, since so often the conditions did not allow for human supervision. However, he soon began exhibiting unforeseen behaviors.

Over time, the scientists were able to identify a demonstrated learning process, and Blitzcrank fast became a celebrity. As is sadly often the case though, credit for the golem's creation was scooped up by another - Professor Stanwick Pididly - though most now know the truth. In the wake of the ensuing legal maelstrom, it became evident that neither party truly had the steam golem's best interests at heart, and Blitzcrank humbly petitioned for personal autonomy. Backed by overwhelming support from the public, it took the liberal Council of Zaun only a few weeks to declare Blitzcrank a fully-independent, sentient entity. A unique being, the golem left Zaun, distressed by the controversy and feeling there was no place he could fit in. His travels led him to the one location in Valoran where unique beings have a place - the League of Legends. Fortunately, he was easily able to adapt his design to suit the rigors he would face on the Fields of Justice.

"Though Blitzcrank may batter anything that stands in his way, he really has a heart of gold...encased in a framework of iron...in a carapace of steel."

Quotes Edit

Upon selection

Play "Fired up and ready to serve."

Attacking

Play "Metal is harder than flesh."
Play "Bone is a poor alternative."
Play "Look. You're leaking."
Play "Your steam is escaping."
Play "Quake in fear, fleshling."
Play "Exterminate. Exterminate."

Movement

Play "Precisely."
Play "I remain focused."
Play "The magic calls to me."
Play "A rolling golem gathers no rust."
Play "As long as it takes."

Taunt

Play "The time of man has come to an end."

Joke

Play "I put the 'go' in 'golem'. That was humor. Other golems find that to be appropriately funny."

Co-op vs. AI ResponsesEdit

Match start

"Loading. Recommend program: Enjoy Selves."

Player team victory

"GG!"

Player team defeat

"My face is leaking."

Development Edit

Blitzcrank was designed by Ezreal.

Patch history Edit

V3.01:

Base mana reduced to 240 from 300
Rocket Grab: Mana cost increased to 120 from 110.

V1.0.0.154:

Mana Barrier: Cooldown increased to 90 seconds from 60
Rocket Grab: Will now give vision when it hits a target.

V1.0.0.150:

Stats:
- Base Health reduced to 518 from 568.
- Health per level reduced 95 from 100.

V1.0.0.139:

Updated "Playing Against" tips.

V1.0.0.136:

Rocket Grab:
- Damage increased to 80/135/190/245/300 (+1.0 per ability power) from 60/120/180/240/300 (+0.8 per ability power).
- Mana cost reduced to 110 from 140.

V1.0.0.123:

Mana Barrier:
- Fixed a bug where it could be bypassed if the damage taken would instantly kill him.
- Fixed a bug where it would activate when the cooldown expired even if not taking damage.
Fixed a bug where Power Fist failed to grant lifesteal effects.

V1.0.0.121:

Rocket Grab now has a proper animation.

V1.0.0.120:

Blitzcrank will now attempt to immediately attack champions affected by a successful Rocket Grab.

V1.0.0.106:

Overdrive no longer has a movement speed reduction when it ends.
Fixed a bug where Power Fist was not breaking spell shields.
Fixed a bug where Static Field and Power Fist did not display the hit particle when they killed a unit.
Base attack speed increased. This should enhance the effectiveness of the attack speed portion of Overdrive.
Updated recommended items.

V1.0.0.104:

Magic resistance per level increased to 1.25 from 0.

V1.0.0.103:

Stats:
- Mana per level increased to 40 from 36.
- Mana Barrier no longer uses (or refunds) Blitzcrank's mana when it is activated.
Overdrive:
- Cooldown reduced to 15 from 20.
- Mana cost reduced to 75 from 90.
- Now reduces movement speed by 75 instead of 25% , which also fixes an edge case bug.
Static Field:
- Cooldown reduced to 30 from 40.
- No longer targets stealthed units.

V1.0.0.101:

Power Fist now resets the auto-attack timer.

V1.0.0.98:

Rocket Grab cooldown reduced to 20/19/18/17/16 from 22/21/20/19/18.
Overdrive cooldown reduced to 20 from 22.

V1.0.0.97:

Fixed a bug with Rocket Grab that allowed instant cast teleport (such as Flash) spells to teleport people out of a grab after it had already hit and they were in the process of being pulled.

V1.0.0.94:

Added a timer to indicate when Mana Barrier can be used again.
Static Field now silences for 0.5 seconds.
Power Fist is no longer dodgeable.

V1.0.0.87:

Fixed a bug where Power Fist cooldown was 12/10/8/6/4 instead of 9/8/7/6/5.
Rusty Blitzcrank skin:
- Fixed a bug where the hand projectile was showing up as the original color while using a skin.
- Updated the texture with a new coat of rust.

V1.0.0.86:

Power Fist: removed the slow particle from the affected target.
Static Field's tooltip now shows the bonus damage based on Blitzcrank's ability power.

V1.0.0.70:

Overdrive now applies additive attack and movement speed boosts rather than multiplicative.
Rocket Grab pull back speed increased.

V1.0.0.61:

Updated recommended items.
Rocket Grab will now fire directionally, even if targeting a point outside of the cast range.

V1.0.0.58:

Fixed a bug where the “Hold” key was stopping move abilities like Blitzcrank’s Rocket Grab.

V1.0.0.52:

Static Field damage increased to 250/375/500 from 200/300/400.

V0.9.25.34:

Updated secondary / critical strike animations.

V0.9.25.24:

Rocket Grab projectile speed increased to 1800 from 1550.
Static Field:
- It no longer silences.
- Reduced cooldown to 40 from 60.

V0.9.25.21:

Stats:
- Health per Level reduced to 100 from 104.
- Crit per Level reduced to .3 from .4.
Rocket Grab:
- Projectile Speed reduced to 1550 from 1700.
- Mana Cost increased to 140 from 130.
Power Fist Stun Duration reduced to .5 from .75.
Static Field:
- Cooldown increased to 60 from 45.
- Silence Duration modified to 3 from 3/4/5.
Mana Barrier proc changed to 20% of Maximum Health from 200 Health.

V0.9.22.18:

Power Fist: Cooldown increased to 9/8/7/6/5 from 8/7/6/5/4.
Rocket Grab:
- Range increased to 1050 from 1000.
- Cooldown increased to 22/21/20/19/18 from 20/19/18/17/16.
- Ability Power Ratio reduced to .8 from 1.
Overdrive: Cooldown increased to 22 from 20.

V0.9.22.16: Added

Rocket Grab: Blitzcrank fires his right hand to grab an opponent on its path, dealing damage and dragging it back to him.
Overdrive: Blitzcrank super charges himself to increase Movement Speed and Attack Speed. However, when this effect ends his movement speed is decreased by 25% for 3 seconds.
Power Fist: Blitzcrank charges up his fist to make his next attack deal double damage and pop up his target into the air.
Static Field (Ultimate): While Static Field is ready to be activated, lighting arcs off of Blitzcrank to hit a random nearby enemy every 3.5 seconds. Active: Deals a large amount of Magic Damage and silences nearby enemy champions.
Mana Barrier (Innate): Blitzcrank's Mana Barrier can activate once a minute when he hits 200 Health. This creates a Mana Shield, which absorbs damage dealt to Blitzcrank, up to 50% of his current mana, lasts 10 seconds and refunds any unspent mana.