How to play Leblanc vs. tanks?

Taliyah Rocks··1 votes·1,534 views

I really love Leblanc, she's the first and only assassin that i play. I've tried others, but the assassin class doesn't really appeal to me. But Leblanc is a blast!

My problem is that my performance with her is very binary. I usualy play reliable champs so i can focus on macro play (ex: AnnieVi) but Leblanc seems very feast or famine.

I struggle against tanky champions (ex:GalioVladimirSwain) They will often outtrade me, outpush me, and outright ignore all my damage after some time.

If i don't win lane i usualy try to roam, but Leblanc's waveclear ain't great early, and she has to burn her mobility spell to do so, and some champions can outpush her really hard, which means that i can't roam at all without risking to lose my tower.

Obviously the best answer would be to NOT pick her before the enemy midlaner picks her, but sometimes i don't have that luxury, and i'd like to be more flexible with her. So does anyone have any tips on how to play her when you're getting outmatched? This applies against tanks, but also other champions that can bully her (JayceMalzahar)

I'd love to take her into ranked, when played right she can stomp the enemy really hard, but i refrain from doing so right now because my performance with her is unreliable, and i don't want to be dead weight.

Thanks!

6 Comments

DiG JJ1 votes

You're asking why Leblanc cant just win every matchup and are lamenting her massive drawbacks that put her in a certain role? Because something called balance.

Also stop maining things everyone.

Taliyah Rocks2 votes

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You're asking why Leblanc cant just win every matchup and are lamenting her massive drawbacks that put her in a certain role? Because something called balance.

Also stop maining things everyone.

There's a difference between winning every matchups and pulling your weight. That's all i want to know, how to play when getting outmatch. There has to be something that i can do when playing at a disadvantage. I still want to be useful to my team.

Bunnymap2 votes

They’re asking for advice on bad champion match ups. Last time I checked that’s different from asking to win every lane. And nothing in the post said anything about maining.

redniwediS1 votes

So I looked over your match history, and I don't want this to come across as too condescending, but you say you have a problem with tanks while also not buying any magic pen. Tanks build resistances, so you have to get magic pen to bust through those resistances.

Akali is SO HOT1 votes

As Leblanc if you are up against a tanky champion you have to try to poke them down as best as you can before they can back and buy their bulky items. If you can get a kill or two and snowball, then you are golden. Otherwise, the lane will just turn into a farm fest and you'll need to do a lot of roaming instead. During Mid and Late Game trying to kill a tank before you have void staff should be the last thing on your mind. If you can kill the carries right away the tanks can't win the fight unless your ADC fed really hard or is super bad.

TheProfezzor1 votes

I like the idea of Leblanc and she has some cool skins but she simply isn’t in a very good place right now as champs go. There is too much risk associated with her gameplay and she requires much more work to do the same as others. To me she’s a really really bad lux. I feel like she may be ok if you’re a good player (plat +) but I would not trust people playing her if they are below that rank especially bronze.

I’m not trying to be mean here. If you want go play her by all means do so, especially in normals. But I would avoid it in ranked.

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