Champion sheet · Support

Blitzcrank

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

8.8%#83 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.1%picked in 356 of 6,991 games
Ban: 3.7%127 bans over 3,461 games, against 8.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Support53.5% between 49.2% and 57.8% over 355 gamesSoloQ 51.7%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itGlacial Augment, then Malignance, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 86% of supports.Map pressureCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Xin Zhao in amateur play: +23.6 pts over 31 games, range above zero.+23.6 pt31 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.5%
SoloQ
3.4%
2.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.2%
SoloQ
8.7%
4.2% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 8.7% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Glacial Augment, then Malignance, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGlacial Augment70% · 18,026

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite72% · 18,372

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 60 games

Core (3 legendaries)4% · 4

4%of soloQ games

Malignance
Lich Bane
Zhonya's Hourglass

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 86% of supports.

Crowd control (CC)top14%1.5 · supports: 1
Map pressuretop21%5.5 · supports: 4.5

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Map pressure
CC

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 30 in lane, 42 in mid game and 44 in late game, out of 100 supports.

238-50 vs 288

327-15 vs 342

369-19 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Blitzcranksupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 80% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 30 of 100 among supports238 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 42 of 100 among supports327 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 44 of 100 among supports369 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 19 of 100 among supports-85 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 20 of 100 among supports-120 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 79 of 100 among supports5.5 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 76 of 100 among supports715 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 31 of 100 among supports51% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 59 of 100 among supports19% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 41 of 100 among supportsrank 41 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 86 of 100 among supports1.5 · median 1
Team damage · rank 36 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Xin Zhao in amateur play: +23.6 pts over 31 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao77.4% · expected 53.8% · 31 g+23.6 ptSoloQ +5.8

Midgap to expected

Ahri56.8% · expected 52.8% · 37 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -2.6

ADCgap to expected

Ashe68.2% · expected 55.6% · 44 g+12.5 ptSoloQ -2.0

Yunara56.1% · expected 51.6% · 41 g+4.5 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jinx58.7% · expected 55.6% · 46 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -0.6

Caitlyn53.3% · expected 51.6% · 30 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +2.3

Supportgap to expected

Lulu63.6% · expected 56.5% · 66 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -0.4

Seraphine59.5% · expected 55.1% · 42 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -1.0

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV63.9% · expected 52.9% · 36 g+11.0 ptSoloQ +1.7

Wukong59.5% · expected 53.5% · 42 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

Midgap to expected

Syndra55.8% · expected 53.8% · 43 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa56.8% · expected 50.6% · 37 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

Yunara58.1% · expected 55.4% · 31 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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