BLITZCRANK SUPPORT – THE ART OF THE GAME-CHANGING HOOK

Welcome to your ultimate Season 25 Blitzcrank support guide. This isn’t just about pulling enemies – it’s about controlling vision, punishing mistakes, and becoming the mechanical heart of your team. When played properly, Blitzcrank turns any teamfight into a numbers advantage within seconds.

Why This Build?

This rune and item setup gives you:

[]Lethal early-game burst with

Electrocute + Cheap Shot
[]Great roaming potential via Relentless Hunter + Waterwalking
[]Amazing peel and utility with Zeke’s Convergence and Trailblazer
[]Late-game teamfight tankiness through Frozen Heart and Abyssal Mask
[*]Consistent utility and vision with Vigilant Wardstone


This is the high-impact Blitzcrank playstyle that dominates solo queue and punishes bad positioning brutally.
NOTE: Remember this Build is specifically made to be a fast reacting as Blitzcrank...

Summoner Spells

Flash + Ignite: High kill pressure in lane and better snowball potential.
Flash + Exhaust: Safer vs. high-burst ADCs or mobile assassins like Zed or Kai’Sa. Ideal if you want to protect your carry in extended fights.

Rune Page Breakdown

Primary: Domination

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Electrocute: Your burst combo (Q + E + auto + R) easily procs this and chunks squishies. It’s what turns your hook into a death sentence.
[]Cheap Shot: Applies bonus true damage to enemies you CC – works perfectly with your Q and E combo.
[]Sixth Sense: Gives you durability against poke-heavy lanes like Karma or Brand.
[]Relentless Hunter: Massive roaming power. You’ll constantly pressure mid or reset fast and rotate with tempo.


Secondary: Sorcery

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Celerity: Movement speed from boots, Trailblazer, and Relentless Hunter all get amplified. This makes you an unpredictable threat.
[]Waterwalking: Great synergy with your roaming playstyle. Lets you duel or assist in river fights with bonus stats.


Stat Shards:

[]+8 Ability Haste – For more frequent hooks and ultimates.
[]+2% Movement Speed – Helps you roam and position.

• +10% Tenacity – Keeps you moving after engaging or getting poked.

Itemization Overview

1. Swiftmarch – This is your starter. It helps you sustain through early laning and roam fast after backing. Supports your speed-based playstyle perfectly.

2. Celestial Opposition – A strong anti-dive item that reduces enemy damage near your ADC after hooks or engages. Good synergy with your peel potential.

3. Trailblazer – Core item for roaming. Increases your out-of-combat MS, lets you apply slows on collision, and makes your jungle/mid transitions deadly.

4. Zeke’s Convergence – Excellent synergy with your ult. After hooking, E + R activates Zeke’s passive, boosting your ADC's damage on targets you engage.

5. Frozen Heart – Shuts down high AS champions like Jinx, Aphelios, or Yi. Also gives massive mana, armor, and AH.

6. Abyssal Mask – Synergizes with your tankiness and provides more damage amplification for magic damage allies (e.g. Ahri, Brand, or Swain). Boosts your AoE ult as well.

7. Vigilant Wardstone – Final item for max vision and late-game utility. Gives you 3 control wards and more stats to stay relevant.

Boot Options

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Plated Steelcaps: Great into heavy auto-attackers.
[]Mercury’s Treads: Against CC-heavy comps or mages.
[*]Mobility Boots: If you want extreme roaming and snowball control.

ABILITY ORDER, COMBO USAGE & GAMEPLAN

Skill Order

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Q – Rocket Grab: Max this first. It's your main tool for picks, engages, and punishes. A well-landed Q can instantly win a fight.
[]E – Power Fist: Max second. Enhances your engage and gives reliable CC for follow-up.
[]W – Overdrive: Max last. Mostly used for gap closing or escaping. The self-slow makes it riskier to spam.
[]R – Static Field: Level up at 6, 11, and 16. AoE silence, burst, and Zeke’s Convergence trigger – always clutch in fights.


Basic Combos

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Hook + E + AA + R + Ignite – Your full burst combo with Electrocute. Erases squishies if you’re ahead.
[]Flash + Q – Surprise engage. Use this for critical picks on high-priority targets.
[]W + roam or W + dodge skillshots – Use Overdrive wisely; don’t waste it before the actual engage.
[]Ult as interrupt – Your silence can cancel dashes, channels (like Katarina R), or buys time in dives.


Laning Phase Strategy

In lane, your job is to:

[]Control the bush for hook pressure
[]Punish overextension (especially if enemy ADC is alone)
[]Protect your ADC from all-ins with Q or E peel
[]Roam to mid after level 3 if lane is slow or if enemy mid is immobile

• Place deep wards using Trailblazer to control enemy jungle access

If you’re vs. enchanters like Janna or Lulu:

[]Fake hooks to burn their shield/cc
[]Engage only when their defensive spell is on cooldown

• Coordinate with your jungler for dives or ganks

Against engage supports like Leona or Nautilus:

[]Stand near your ADC and punish their engage with E and R peel
[]Don’t overcommit to Q unless your jungler is nearby

• Frozen Heart is key in these matchups later

Roaming and Map Control

Blitzcrank thrives on map movement. After pushing wave:

[]Roam mid through river or jungle; use Waterwalking & Trailblazer
[]Ping and coordinate with your mid/jungle – your Q can turn 2v2s
[]Place deep wards near buffs and raptors with Trailblazer active
[]Reset after a roam and walk bot with Relentless Hunter speed boost

Roaming is not just about ganking – it’s about tempo. You force pressure by being missing, forcing enemies to back off or waste vision.

Teamfighting Strategy

In teamfights, your role is to:

[]Look for hooks on carries (always sideways – not head-on)
[]Use Zeke’s + R after landing a CC to boost allied damage
[]Peel for your ADC with E and Q as interrupt tools
[]Silence multiple enemies with R if your hook is on cooldown

• Tank frontline damage with Frozen Heart + Abyssal aura

Blitzcrank isn’t a traditional tank – you’re a pick-to-win engine. Every hook can result in a 5v4. Be patient. Wait in fog of war. Punish oversteps.

SYNERGIES & THREATS

Best Synergies

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Jhin: Insane follow-up after Q. Root + fourth shot = death.
[]Draven: High burst post-hook. Snowballs hard if you give him one kill.
[]Caitlyn: Trap setup after Q makes her lane oppressive.
[]Miss Fortune: Huge AoE damage with your AoE silence setup.


Worst Matchups

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Morgana: Black Shield denies all your power. Avoid hooking at all.
[]Janna: Disengage queen. Interrupts your engages and makes hooks useless.
[]Braum: Can peel your engage and punish your ADC with passive stacks.
[]Thresh: He can outplay your hook and lantern out your target post-grab.

WARDING PLAN, POWER SPIKES & HOOK TIPS

Warding Strategy with Trailblazer + Vigilant Wardstone

With Trailblazer and Vigilant Wardstone, you become a vision machine. Proper warding lets you fish for hooks safely while denying enemy flanks and objectives.

Early Game:

[]Place

Control Wards in the river bush or tri-brush (blue/red side).
[]Use Trailblazer active to scout pixel bushes or entrances before warding.
[]If pushing lane, sneak a ward into enemy raptors or jungle entrances.
[]Prioritize deep wards when your ADC resets and you’re safe to roam.


Mid to Late Game:

[]Use

Vigilant Wardstone for 4 Stealth Wards & 2 Control Wards max.
[]Always place one ward behind your team when sieging to spot flanks.
[]Use warded terrain to fake vision loss and fish for hooks through walls.
[]Keep vision on neutral objectives – hook over dragon or baron pit to zone.
[*]Place wards where enemies path often – not just in bushes.


You’re not just a hook-bot. You’re a map control champion.

Power Spikes

Level 2: Your first spike. If you hit level 2 before the enemy, Q + E + Ignite can secure an early kill. Ping and go.

Level 6: Adds huge burst potential. You can now solo kill squishies if Electrocute procs cleanly. Aim for fights where you can silence 2+ targets.

First item (Celestial Opposition): Let’s you tank more poke and reset aggro with shielding. Great versus poke lanes or dive setups.

Zeke’s Convergence: This is your teamfighting unlock. Every E or Q you land empowers your ADC’s burst. Time your engages with Zeke’s activation.

Frozen Heart + Abyssal Mask: You’re now a teamfighting wall. Enemies struggle to burn through you. You peel carries or frontline dives with Q + E.

Full Build + Vigilant Wardstone: Permanent vision control, insane utility, anti-dive aura, AoE silence, and 40% CDR for chain engages. Late-game Blitz is no joke.

Tips for Landing More Hooks

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Stand in fog – don’t just walk up and throw hooks. Stand in unwarded bushes or over walls.
[]Aim diagonally – people expect head-on hooks. Throw from odd angles to catch sidesteps.
[]Use minion baiting – let them hide behind 1 caster minion. Then AA it once and Q instantly as it dies.
[]Don’t rush it – hold Q for after dashes or dodges. Most players burn Flash or movement first.
[]Use R first – if enemies are grouped, use R silence and THEN Q. They won’t be able to Flash or dash.
[]Flash + Q – buffer your hook with Flash. Cast Q, then Flash mid-animation for surprise grabs.
[*]Avoid obvious angles – don’t walk straight at enemies unless you’re sure they can’t dodge.


CLOSING THOUGHTS

Blitzcrank isn’t just a hook champion – he’s a tempo enforcer, map controller, and teamfight disruptor.

One hook changes the game. One silence can stop a wombo. One deep ward can win Baron.

If you:

[]Control vision
[]Time your engages
[]Communicate with pings
[]Build to survive AND enable

• And play patient…

…you’ll climb faster than most supports, even in solo queue chaos.

Stay unpredictable. Stay mobile. Stay aggressive – but calculated.

Still looking for more? Blitzcrank is one of the few supports who can single-handedly win a game with one play. If you keep refining your map awareness, prediction skills, and hook angles, you'll soon become a nightmare in every ELO bracket. Every grab is an opportunity and with the right items, runes, and game sense, you become unstoppable. Don't just play Blitz. Master him.

Thanks for reading! If this guide helped you, feel free to vote or comment. GLHF and enjoy deleting carries from Fog of War with Blitzcrank – the silent executioner.

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