Blitzcrank will finally get some changes in League of Legends

Riot is planning to make some changes for Blitzcrank at last, according to the latest PBE update.

There are some major changes coming to the Giant Steam Golem in the League of Legends. The first change to Blitzcrank is that the shield strength of his passive, Mana Barrier, will now be 30 percent of max mana instead of 50 percent of current mana. Although this is significant, the second change is much more interesting should it go through to the live servers.

Riot is planning to remove the current passive on Blitzcrank’s ultimate where he randomly shocks a nearby enemy every 2.5 seconds. Instead, whenever Static Field is active, Blitzcrank marks enemies he attacks. After one second, marked enemies will take 50/100/150 and 30 percent AP magic damage. Blitz can mark any targets and can reapply the passive after the last mark is expended.

At first glance, Blitzcrank’s new ultimate passive is much more interactive and useful than his old one. The shield change should also allow players to be a bit more aggressive with their spells without worrying about the shield size.

Until now Riot is not planning to ship these changes with upcoming patch 9.7.