Leblanc needs to be hit with the nerf bat.

Hıryu·3/10/2015, 6:48:12 AM·19 votes·3,601 views

How is this champ balanced when she can one shot anything by pressing q and then w and then ulting. I dont understand how to even counter it because it happens in the blink of an eye and then she disappears. Can Leblanc get tuned down a bit? adjust her base damages and nerf her ratios so she doesnt delete squishies in the blink of an eye so safely?

47 Comments

Not There Senpai3/10/2015, 7:04:21 AM5 votes

Lol these tips. "Don't play anything squishy." Yeah okay build tank Ashe and go Malphite Mid? I was Caitlyn and bought Negatron Cloak just for LeBlanc to shove off. Q R W STILL instadeletes me with that ~120 total MR (base+40+scaling MR blues).

The champ shouldn't exist. Assassins being a core concept of league of legends is what makes league of legends anti-fun. They won't nerf her because she's "working as intended" yet somehow league of legends is a game that revolves around "counterplay".

Irelia Bot3/10/2015, 6:57:14 AM4 votes

were you playing a squishy ADC, mage or support?

If yes then you asked for leblanc to kill you.

Were you playing something that was tanky? Then leblanc got fed and you should be reporting your team for playing squishy champions that get blown up by leblanc and not building to contend with her.

In other words if you don't build a banshee's veil then you are not building to deal with leblanc.

FYI leblanc is a single target burst assassin that should be able to kill a squishy target that is not building to deal with her. It is how she is suppose to work. Stop raging about assassins being able to assassinate.

MrPerson103/10/2015, 6:50:09 AM4 votes

Katarina there you go, she's countered. Lissandra moar counter

Kitten of Evil3/10/2015, 5:12:22 PM3 votes

Eh it's more her slipperiness that's a problem. And that's a result of many different things:

  1. Her passive. Not OP by itself, and not even as sneaky as a Shaco clone, but the stealth it gives her is basically a free Fizz E.
  2. Her ult's incredibly low cooldown. 40/32/24, and if she has 25% CDR (not unreasonable for masteries + Morello's), it's 32/24/16 seconds. That's extremely low, and allows her to do that favorite "Distortion twice" escape trick.
  3. She can use Distortion twice. This means she is almost literally uncatchable, because it puts a huge gap between you and her. And if you catch up to her? She returns to the blinking pad, and now you've got to cross that whole gap again. It's not on a very long cooldown either... 10 seconds W and 24 seconds R if she has zero CDR.
  4. Her Distortion mechanics in general. She has FOUR seconds to return to her original pad. For someone who puts out her whole combo in a fraction of a second, this is WAY too long, and allows Leblanc to ignore most retaliation. Snare her under your tower? She doesn't care, she can W back as soon as the CC wears off.

I've played squishy mages against assasins a lot (thanks meta!). I don't have much trouble with Zed, because I can start armor+5 pots. Against Kat, flask + pots works, or sometimes I just go Doran's + pots. No problem, she has to E in and I can trade. Against LB, even starting flask + 3 pots, at level 2 her combo takes me down 40% of my health and she's instantly out of any retaliation range.

Helmight3/10/2015, 6:13:49 PM3 votes

I think a nerf to LeBlanc's bases across the board would be a very reasonable nerf. The champion concept and kit currently screams "illusionist" to me, which means that she should be able to do a reasonable amount of damage while avoiding incoming fire with her mind games. Right now with her current damage output, LeBlanc is instead an absolutely insane damage dealer that's incredibly safe at the same time.

Trídent3/11/2015, 4:08:16 AM2 votes

No she needs to have compensation buffs.

Veigar

48992023_DEL3/10/2015, 5:24:05 PM2 votes

She already has LB is nothing compared too her old self.

GaleWinUnleashed3/10/2015, 10:05:41 PM2 votes

A wild LeBlanc appeared!

LeBlanc used Protect!

Riot used Nerf Bat!

But nothing happened...

Lissama3/10/2015, 6:11:30 PM1 votes

Make her Q as skillshot. That's all.

DemiluniS3/10/2015, 4:59:38 PM1 votes

every post complaining about a strong champion just make me wanna laugh. She is an assasin, she supposed to delete you, especially if you're extremely squshy. Leblanc is in the top 10 squshies champions in the game, she needs to be on top of you, literaly, to deal damage with her W, not to say she need to stay in close range to apply a snare with her E. So yeah, I wouldn't consider her bring safe

Malix Farwin3/10/2015, 8:38:11 PM1 votes

LB is squishy as fuck, can die in a CC duration regardless of champ, very high mana cost, bad wave clear, no sustain, skill-shot CC. Literally build 1 piece of MR early and you wont lose to her. But i suppose it is better to qq then get good.

Irelia Bot3/10/2015, 7:25:53 AM1 votes

But I am somewhat bias and want to see a meta without marksmen being required which has not happened since before I started playing league. It makes the game stale.

Llanite3/10/2015, 11:27:46 PM1 votes

Do you realize all she's gotten since 2012 was nerf?

If you are mages, get negatron first recall, some potions and max your aoe. Shove the lane and she has zero farm. If you are bot, ward the lane and let she waste time. Get Negatron after finishing 2 items, finish banshee once you got the third.

CubedJustice3/11/2015, 3:09:25 AM1 votes

Don't tell riot to buff something. They'll veigar it.

OperationDEEZ13/11/2015, 3:18:11 AM1 votes

The only issue I would say she has is that her W gives her unparalleled utility while also giving near unparalleled burst damage.

Her Q has horrible range and is apparently supposed to be shortened even more.

Her E is an unreliable extremely slow moving skillshot with an INCREDIBLY WIDE HITBOX. While that sounds like a positive it usually just serves for minions to take the shot. that requires you to stand close to whoever it's tethered to.

Her ult also has short cooldown and no mana cost. If you were to ask me she should have one or the other, but not both.

georgiotatos3/10/2015, 6:10:41 PM1 votes

so what you want is an assassin that cant instakill a squishy with a full combo, that is just useless

btw lbs dmg was already tuned down when dfg was removed

i dont think she is the champion that needs to be nerfed right now when this abomination Nidalee is still on the loose and if she does nerfing her damage is not the way to go