If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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 here underscore some critical Draven versus Blitzcrank counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Draven normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a bad counter to Blitzcrank.
While Draven does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Draven into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Draven is a trash counter for Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Blitzcrank.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually gets much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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 case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Draven versus Blitzcrank build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Hubris. When Draven bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Blitzcrank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 47.1% battling Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Blitzcrank as Draven, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Draven vs Blitzcrank battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Blitzcrank as Draven are presented for every ranked division. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.