Blitzcrank·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Blitzcrank Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence 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 Warmog's Armor. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 37.7% winrate over 167 matches played.

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, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence 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 Luden's Companion 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 Lich Bane, Malignance and Hextech Rocketbelt. 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 63 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Blitzcrank Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Celestial Opposition as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Locket of the Iron Solari as third item. The last 3 options are Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail and Knight's Vow. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 15.1% win rate over 53 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.