How Do You Deal With Leblanc Early Game?

BattleMage130902·Mar 30, 2016·2 votes·1,104 views

So, Leblanc is weaker lategame, I've found that out, and so I reasoned that you should stall for lategame to avoid her oneshotting her way to victory before 20 mins. I then search up ways to survive Leblanc early game (As the laner against her). They all say to push hard since she has difficulties cs'ing under turret. Now, even when playing someone with huge range like Azir, pushing the minion wave is very difficult to pull off without her q w'ing you and taking out half your hp. Hugging turret means you can barely farm if she learns to freeze lane, and even then Leblanc is one of the few champions who can full combo you under turret without taking aggro. So I'm asking, playing a ranged ap lategame champion, how do you avoid feeding the Leblanc early game while still getting the farm you need to become relevant as the game scales.

10 Comments

single eboyMar 30, 20161 votes

I have a Rune Page against "Heavy AP" that I use against LeBlanc / Veigar / etc. It has about 20 MR, giving you 50 MR at lvl 1, and flat HP to make you a little tankier (this page is for AP mid-laners, by the way). Magic Pen. marks, flat HP seals, MR Glyphs, 2 MR Quints and one AP Quint. Try it out.

Yosuke ApperuMar 30, 20161 votes

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I have a Rune Page against "Heavy AP" that I use against LeBlanc / Veigar / etc. It has about 20 MR, giving you 50 MR at lvl 1, and flat HP to make you a little tankier (this page is for AP mid-laners, by the way). Magic Pen. marks, flat HP seals, MR Glyphs, 2 MR Quints and one AP Quint. Try it out.

I feel like I want to play this page with galio.. ty mate <3 :)

ModWulf HelhammerMar 30, 20161 votes

Don't feed her or let her get fed. She is quite useless if she doesn't get kills

Yosuke ApperuMar 30, 20161 votes

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Don't feed her or let her get fed. She is quite useless if she doesn't get kills

As are most champions that aren't cc tanks my friend.. XD

Michael SykesMar 30, 20161 votes

The problem with azir is that LeBlanc has the perfect kit to outplay him. You can use his range at lvl 1-3 as an advantage, but after this you will have a lot of difficulties IF your opponent is good. And later she would try to delete you or the adc. If you have a lot of skill with Azir, you are able to outplay a LB with your ultimate and a good combo.

B0BMar 30, 20161 votes

Honestly morg does very well vrs her considering she will w into you and it is predictable with her q so you get a free q and e stops her dmg? pretty simple if you ask me

J E B A ł T E DMar 30, 20161 votes

At that point she can just Q-E you and win the trade even without W, not needing any skill or anything.

B0BMar 30, 20161 votes

i mean you are 100% right but if you are going to be close enough as morg to let her do that then its on you and not the champ you need to be able to space out of her skills like e it has a small enough range so does her q. not to mention you can just push her in no stop and if she tries to all in e yourself and q her its really not hard at all its probably the safest pick vrs it

J E B A ł T E DMar 30, 20161 votes

So I need to carry a 30 meter stick around me whenever I play against leblanc? Doesn't seem like she has a very fun kit tbh.

Wolfram OxfordMar 30, 20161 votes

Out-sustain. I used to play LB a lot and I know for sure this is one of the main things that will get to her. She will go oom trying to poke you down if you can sustain. If she is oom you can push her and when she does have mana it will be used to wave clear, if she doesn't wave clear she loses cs. Champions who can also trade for an extended duration are pretty good against her, along with champions that have innate tankiness to them. A few good champions I can think of are Ahri, Fizz, Zed, Swain, Ryze, Lissandra (sleeper op rn), and Yasuo.