Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Rell vs. Blitzcrank matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Blitzcrank..
Rell normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rell usually fairs equally well when facing off against Blitzcrank, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Rell makes an ok counter to Blitzcrank.
While Rell does have a higher winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Rell also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rell into Blitzcrank.
Furthermore, Rell has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rell vs Blitzcrank matchups, Rell is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Rell is a decent counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rell against Blitzcrank.
To learn all of the intricacies of Rell to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Rell versus Blitzcrank build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rell used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rell had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Blitzcrank with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Blitzcrank as Rell, Rell players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rell vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Blitzcrank as Rell are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.