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 Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Gathering Storm 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, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 32.1% winrate over 56 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 Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail and Frozen Heart. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 25.0% win rate over 52 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, 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, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 33.3% win rate across 51 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.