Blitzcrank is an ARAM pick with medium power. He is distinguished by his Q ability which allows him to instantly pull 1 target towards him. The ability is especially powerful in ARAM, and well-landed Qs will enable us to start every fight 4v5. To stack our odds towards victory, today we are gonna explore the greatest ARAM Blitzcrank build.
Best Blitzcrank ARAM Items
Winter’s Approach
Blitz’s core ability “Q” uses quite a lot of mana, a few charges of this spell will be enough to empty your entire mana reserves. The easiest thing to do to mitigate this problem is to build an item that has nice mana stats. The item I prefer the most on Blitz is the Winter’s Approach. The item will grant us enough mana to cast a very big number of Q’s, and it will also grant us enough HP to have a much healthier sustain.
It’s also important to note that Winter’s Approach has a passive that stacks. The passive stacks each time we cast an ability. When fully stacked, the passive will transform our item to Fimbulwinter, giving us a bunch of additional stacks. To obtain the transformation as fast as possible, it’s important to pick “tear of goddess” as the first buy. Tear of Goddess stacks will carry over to Winter’s Approach, making our transformation much faster.
Warmong’s Armor
With Blitz, we will want to put as much pressure as possible on the enemies. This means heading straight to the core of the fight, and harassing enemies with our E, Q, and R. To have the ability to withstand such fighting, having a lot of HP is a must. Therefore, I would recommend getting Warmong’s Armor as the second item. It has one of the highest base HP ratios, as well as a passive that will hugely regenerate our HP when out of combat.
Kaenick Rokern
Kaenick Rokern’s main purpose is to be a heavy anti-AP item. It has huge HP ratios, coupled with really high magic resist ratios. On top of everything, the item will give us a magic damage shield. There is not too much to be said about this item really, we just take it to increase our resistances against AP champions.
Thornmail
Much like Kaenick whose sole purpose is countering the APs, Thornmail’s core focus is countering the AD champions. With Thornmail equipped, we will hugely increase our armor. We will also get a passive that will reflect a percentage of enemy damage straight back to them, and a passive inflicting them with a healing reduction amounting to 40%. These passives offer quite great utility and make the Thornmail a really significant ARAM item.
Spirit Visage/Frozen Heart
Depending on our enemy composition, we will want to choose an item offering either magic resist or armor. If the enemy damage is skewing highly toward AD, we will want to build the Frozen Heart, Spirit Visage will be more appropriate towards AP-heavy comps.
Boots
The greatest boots for our ARAM Blitz build will be Mercury Treads. These will allow us much greater mobility, as they will reduce impairment duration. Greater mobility will allow us to pressure enemy carriers more.
Runes for Blitz ARAM
- Aftershock
- Font of Life
- Conditioning
- Overgrowth
- Presence of Mind
- Legend: Haste
In Conclusion
Blitz is a decently powerful ARAM pick. To make the greatest use of him, it’s important to focus on landing Q’s. The easiest way to land Q’s is to predict enemy side steps. Another important fundamental for success is the build. The greatest build is a full tank one, such build will allow us to disrupt enemies the most.