Who counters Blitzcrank in League of Legends?

By rules over Riot's ability text, the picks that fit best against Blitzcrank are Kayle, Kog'Maw and Xin Zhao, and each one is listed on this page with its reason. This is Analysis, not a win rate.

How do you play against Blitzcrank in League of Legends?

Riot's own tip: Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health. The counter picks on this page add the champions whose abilities answer Blitzcrank, each with its reason.

Who is Blitzcrank good against in League of Legends?

Read the other way round, the same rules over Riot's ability text find Blitzcrank strong into Kassadin, Quinn and Katarina. The reason for each is on this page. This is Analysis, not a win rate.

Which lanes does Blitzcrank play?

Data Dragon has no lane data. As a Tank and Support champion, Blitzcrank typically plays Top, Jungle and Support. This is a class-based filter, not a play rate.

How hard is Blitzcrank to play?

Riot rates the difficulty of Blitzcrank as Medium (4 out of 10).

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Tactical identity

Blitzcrank, Tank / Support

Blitzcrank, the Great Steam Golem, is a Tank and Support champion in League of Legends. Everything below comes from Riot's Data Dragon for patch 16.21.1: ability text, base stats and Riot's tips. Counters and matchups by class are worked out from that text, and each one shows its reason.

Riot's ratings, out of 10

Attack: 4
Defense: 8
Magic: 5
Difficulty: 4

Typical lanes (class-based)Top, Jungle, Support

ResourceMana

Playing as Blitzcrank

Riot's own tips

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

Riot's own tips

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.

What the kit does

Analysis read from Riot's ability text. Each line shows the words it rests on.

Hard crowd control
Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
Soft crowd control (slow, silence, blind)
Overdrive: "are temporarily slowed after the"
Knock-up, knock-back or pull
Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
Silence
Static Field: "and silence them briefly"
Shield
Static Field: "nearby enemies' shields"
Execute or low-health damage
Mana Barrier: "dropping to low health"
Area damage
Static Field: "to remove nearby enemies"

Blitzcrank's abilities

Riot's own text and preview clip for each ability, from Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Pick an ability and its clip plays here, muted.

PPassive

Mana Barrier

Blitzcrank gains a shield based on their mana when dropping to low health.

Effects in the text

Execute or low-health damage
Burst damage

QQ

Rocket Grab

Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16 s
Cost (Mana): 100
Range: 1079

Blitzcrank fires their right hand to grab an opponent on its path, dealing damage and dragging it back to them.

Effects in the text

Hard crowd control
Knock-up, knock-back or pull
Can start a fight
Protects allies

WW

Overdrive

Cooldown: 15 s
Cost (Mana): 75
Range: 1

Blitzcrank super charges themself to get dramatically increased Move and Attack Speed. They are temporarily slowed after the effect ends.

Effects in the text

Soft crowd control (slow, silence, blind)

EE

Power Fist

Cooldown: 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 s
Cost (Mana): 25
Range: 300

Blitzcrank charges up their fist to make the next attack deal double damage and pop their target up in the air.

RR

Static Field

Cooldown: 60/40/20 s
Cost (Mana): 100
Range: 600

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.

Effects in the text

Soft crowd control (slow, silence, blind)
Silence
Shield
Area damage

Build direction, Analysis

Items and runes that fit Blitzcrank

Riot publishes no builds and this page invents none. Below: completed items ranked by how many of the stats Blitzcrank's kit uses they give (durability (armor, magic resist, health) first), the runes whose official text matches the kit, and picks for each enemy type. A fit, not a strength ranking. No win rates.

Closest stat fit

Editorial estimate

Completed items ranked by how many of the stats Blitzcrank's kit uses they give. A fit, not a verdict: Riot publishes no builds and no win rates.

Bandlepipes2,300
- +200 Healthit is a durable champion
- +20 Armorit is a durable champion
- +20 Magic Resistit is a durable champion
Jak'Sho, The Protean3,200
- +350 Healthit is a durable champion
- +45 Armorit is a durable champion
- +45 Magic Resistit is a durable champion
Locket of the Iron Solari2,200
- +200 Healthit is a durable champion
- +30 Armorit is a durable champion
- +30 Magic Resistit is a durable champion
Zeke's Convergence2,200
- +300 Healthit is a durable champion
- +25 Armorit is a durable champion
- +25 Magic Resistit is a durable champion
Abyssal Mask2,650
- +350 Healthit is a durable champion
- +45 Magic Resistit is a durable champion
Dead Man's Plate2,900
- +350 Healthit is a durable champion
- +55 Armorit is a durable champion

More items with the same stat 52

Force of Nature2,800

Hollow Radiance2,800

Iceborn Gauntlet2,900

Unending Despair2,800

Maw of Malmortius3,100

Mercurial Scimitar3,200

Rod of Ages2,600

Winter's Approach2,400

Wit's End2,800

Zhonya's Hourglass3,250

Black Cleaver3,000

Bloodletter's Curse2,900

Chempunk Chainsword3,000

Experimental Hexplate3,000

Heartsteel3,000

Hextech Rocketbelt2,650

Hullbreaker3,000

Liandry's Torment3,000

Mikael's Blessing2,300

Moonstone Renewer2,200

Morellonomicon2,850

Overlord's Bloodmail3,300

Protoplasm Harness2,600

Riftmaker3,100

Rylai's Crystal Scepter2,600

Archangel's Staff2,900

Boots

Armored Advance1,200

Chainlaced Crushers1,250

Crimson Lucidity900

Immortal Path1,100

Spellslinger's Shoes1,100

Swiftmarch1,000

Rune fits

Editorial estimate

Runes whose official text matches the most things Blitzcrank's kit does. Each line shows the words it rests on.

Stormraider's SurgeSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 2
- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
- It is a durable (tank) champion: Tank role
AftershockResolve, Keystone · Matches: 1
- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
Glacial AugmentInspiration, Keystone · Matches: 1
- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
Approach VelocityInspiration · Matches: 1
- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back"
Axiom ArcanistSorcery · Matches: 1
- It brings shields: Static Field: "nearby enemies' shields"
Biscuit DeliveryInspiration · Matches: 1
- It is a durable (tank) champion: Tank role

Against each enemy type

Editorial estimate

Situational picks, counted from what the champions of each class do in Riot's Data Dragon. Swap a slot when the enemy team has several of that class.

Tanks
Anti-heal 25 of 45 heal or sustain
Executioner's Calling Morellonomicon
Cleanse or tenacity 20 of 45 have two or more hard CC abilities
Chainlaced Crushers Endless Hunger
Fighters
Anti-heal 40 of 60 heal or sustain
Executioner's Calling Morellonomicon
Armor 38 of 60 deal physical damage only
Chain Vest Dead Man's Plate
Assassins
Anti-heal 24 of 46 heal or sustain
Executioner's Calling Morellonomicon
Armor 23 of 46 deal physical damage only
Chain Vest Dead Man's Plate
Mages
Magic resist 53 of 75 deal magic damage only
Abyssal Mask Banshee's Veil
Anti-heal 30 of 75 heal or sustain
Executioner's Calling Morellonomicon
Marksmen
Armor 14 of 33 deal physical damage only
Chain Vest Dead Man's Plate
Supports
Magic resist 36 of 42 deal magic damage only
Abyssal Mask Banshee's Veil
Anti-heal 19 of 42 heal or sustain
Executioner's Calling Morellonomicon

Counted from the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. These are counts of champions, not win rates.

Rune trees

Lit runes: their official text matches something Blitzcrank's kit does (Analysis). Select a rune to read why.

Precision2 lit

Domination1 lit

Sorcery4 lit

Resolve8 lit

Inspiration3 lit

Matchups by class

Blitzcrank against each class of champion, counted from the official ability text. Choose a class or a lane to narrow it down.

Against all 172 champions: 127 ahead, 28 even, 17 behind. Each class is read against that, so check the best and toughest tags too.

Class

Lane

Patch

16.21.1Older patches: not available yet

Against Tanks

Strong

Toughest class

23 ahead · 13 even · 9 behind of 45

Ahead of

Struggles against

They deal magic damage only, so magic resist works against them.
Your burst kills before their healing matters.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several tanks. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Against Fighters

Strong

39 ahead · 11 even · 10 behind of 60

Ahead of

Struggles against

Your burst kills before their healing matters.
Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several fighters. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Against Assassins

Strong

Best class

44 ahead · 1 even · 1 behind of 46

Ahead of

Struggles against

Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
Your silence shuts down their dash-based kit.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several assassins. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Against Mages

Strong

59 ahead · 10 even · 6 behind of 75

Ahead of

Struggles against

They deal magic damage only, so magic resist works against them.
You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several mages. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Against Marksmen

Strong

20 ahead · 9 even · 4 behind of 33

Ahead of

Struggles against

You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
They deal physical damage only, so armor works against them.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several marksmen. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Against Supports

Strong

34 ahead · 6 even · 2 behind of 42

Ahead of

Struggles against

They deal magic damage only, so magic resist works against them.
You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.

What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several supports. Play for the fights where your edge shows.

Source: Nexus Lab rules over the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. Each champion of the class is compared with Blitzcrank one by one; the counts come from those rules, not from match results, so they are not win rates. Strong, even and weak compare the number of champions ahead and behind. Lanes are the lanes each class usually plays (Riot ships no lane data per champion), not play rates.

Building against Blitzcrank

Analysis: answers to what Blitzcrank's own kit does.

Blitzcrank brings shields, so a shield-breaking item is worth a look. Static Field: "nearby enemies' shields"

Serpent's FangIt answers shields (stated in its text).

Picks that can punish Blitzcrank

Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text.

Kayle

Counters you

Kayle is ranged (Marksman role) and can poke Blitzcrank, a melee champion (Tank role) with no sustain to recover.

2 more reasons

Kayle deals damage based on the target's health (Starfire Spellblade: "proportionate to their missing health"), which scales against a tough champion like Blitzcrank (Tank role).

Kayle can avoid damage for a moment (Divine Judgment: "an ally invulnerable and calls"), and Blitzcrank relies on burst (Mana Barrier: "dropping to low health").

Watch out: Blitzcrank has burst or execute damage (Mana Barrier: "dropping to low health") that can kill before Kayle's healing (Celestial Blessing: "Kayle heals and grants") matters.

Kog'Maw

Counters you

Kog'Maw is ranged (Marksman role) and can poke Blitzcrank, a melee champion (Tank role) with no sustain to recover.

2 more reasons

Kog'Maw deals true damage (Icathian Surprise: "dealing true damage to surrounding"), which ignores the resistances that Blitzcrank relies on (Tank role).

Kog'Maw clears waves more easily (Icathian Surprise: "damage to surrounding enemies") and can push the lane against Blitzcrank.

Watch out: Blitzcrank can outlast poke with healing or shields (Static Field: "nearby enemies' shields") against Kog'Maw's ranged skillshots (Caustic Spittle: "Kog'Maw launches a corrosive").

Xin Zhao

Counters you

Xin Zhao deals damage based on the target's health (Crescent Guard: "based on their current Health and knocks"), which scales against a tough champion like Blitzcrank (Tank role).

2 more reasons

Xin Zhao can avoid damage for a moment (Crescent Guard: "becoming impervious to damage"), and Blitzcrank relies on burst (Mana Barrier: "dropping to low health").

Xin Zhao clears waves more easily (Audacious Charge: "damage to all enemies in the") and can push the lane against Blitzcrank.

Watch out: Blitzcrank has burst or execute damage (Mana Barrier: "dropping to low health") that can kill before Xin Zhao's healing (Determination: "damage and heals Xin Zhao") matters.

Amumu

Counters you

Amumu deals true damage (Cursed Touch: "take bonus true damage from incoming"), which ignores the resistances that Blitzcrank relies on (Tank role).

1 more reason

Amumu clears waves more easily (Despair: "nearby enemies lose a") and can push the lane against Blitzcrank.

Cho'Gath

Counters you

Cho'Gath deals true damage (Feast: "amount of true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Blitzcrank relies on (Tank role).

1 more reason

Cho'Gath clears waves more easily (Feral Scream: "scream at enemies in a cone") and can push the lane against Blitzcrank.

Jarvan IV

Counters you

Jarvan IV deals damage based on the target's health (Martial Cadence: "based on their current Health"), which scales against a tough champion like Blitzcrank (Tank role).

1 more reason

Jarvan IV clears waves more easily (Dragon Strike: "Armor of enemies in its path") and can push the lane against Blitzcrank.

Who Blitzcrank is good against

The same rules, read the other way.

Kassadin

You pressure

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Kassadin's dashes (Riftwalk: "Kassadin teleports to a").

Quinn

You pressure

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Quinn's dashes (Vault: "Quinn dashes to an").

Katarina

You pressure

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Katarina's dashes (Shunpo: "Katarina blinks to the").

Fiora

You pressure

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Fiora's dashes (Lunge: "Fiora lunges in a").

Rengar

You pressure

Blitzcrank has hard CC (Rocket Grab: "damage and dragging it back") that can stop Rengar's dashes (Unseen Predator: "Rengar leaps at his").

Counter picks are Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on. They are not win rates, and no League of Legends matchup list has been reviewed by hand yet.

Official story

Blitzcrank's official story on Riot UniverseA link to the official source (in English). We do not copy its text.

Champion video guide

Video by 3 Minute League of Legends · Watch on YouTube The player loads from YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) only after you press play.

Measured numbers

Numbers published or counted by a named source. Each row names the source and the patch.

Attack4

Defense8

Magic5

Difficulty4

Riot data Riot's ratings out of 10, Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1

Base stats
Stat	Level 1	Per level	Level 18
Health	600	+109	2453
Mana	267	+40	947
Armor	37	+4.7	116.9
Magic resist	32	+2.05	66.85
Attack damage	62	-	62
Attack speed	0.625	+1.13%	0.745
Attack range	125	-	125
Move speed	325	-	325
Health regen per 5 seconds	7.5	+0.75	20.25
Mana regen per 5 seconds	8.5	+0.8	22.1

Riot data Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Level 18 is calculated from Riot's growth formula on the same numbers.

Editorial estimates

Our reading of the data. These are not measured rates and they change when the rules or the data change.

Counter picks: 6 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
Good against: 5 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
Typical lanes: Top, Jungle, Support Editorial estimateLanes of the class; Riot ships no lane data per champion
Best class (relative): Assassins Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
Toughest class (relative): Tanks Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1

What no source gives us

Win rate, pick rate and ban rate. Riot publishes none we may print (the Riot API cards are switched off) and no third-party statistics site is read, so none is shown.
Popular builds. Riot publishes no builds: the items and runes in Build & Runes are a fit to the kit, not a popularity ranking.

Sources

Riot Games Data Dragon
Names, ratings, base stats, ability text, cooldowns, costs, range, items, runes and art.
Patch 16.21.1, file generated 2026-10-26
Open
Riot ability preview clips
Played from Riot's own server when you press play; never copied here.
Each clip checked with a request before it is offered
League of Legends Wiki
Release dates and skin prices in RP (CC BY-SA).
Committed data, see the skins page
Open
Nexus Lab rules
Counters, matchups by class, item and rune fit: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on.
Patch 16.21.1
Riot Universe
The official story of Blitzcrank (a link, nothing copied).
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Blitzcrank, Tank / Support

Playing as Blitzcrank

Playing against Blitzcrank

What the kit does

Mana Barrier

Rocket Grab

Overdrive

Power Fist

Static Field

Items and runes that fit Blitzcrank

More items with the same stat 52

Boots

Tanks

Fighters

Assassins

Mages

Marksmen

Supports

Rune trees

Precision2 lit

Domination1 lit

Sorcery4 lit

Resolve8 lit

Inspiration3 lit

Building against Blitzcrank

Picks that can punish Blitzcrank

Who Blitzcrank is good against

Official story

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