Blitzcrank·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Blitzcrank Bot build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Celerity in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Luden's Companion and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 39.5% winrate over 81 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Blitzcrank Bot build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Glacial Augment as your keystone, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Celestial Opposition, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Locket of the Iron Solari as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Redemption, Zeke's Convergence and Unending Despair. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 20.0% win rate over 65 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Glacial Augment as your keystone, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 35.6% win rate across 59 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Blitzcrank Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Celerity with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cosmic Drive. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 28.6% win rate over 56 matches played.

Situational Blitzcrank Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Blitzcrank build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.