the leblanc rework was a failure

Yeast Empress·3/16/2017, 11:58:18 PM·8 votes·1,606 views

you rework her and she becomes a perma ban then you nerf her to the ground and take away any viability people who used to like playing her generally don't really like it anymore even when it was strong mainly because its just not as much fun to play

people didnt like to play against her before (which fine, is a valid point), but people still do not like to play against her, perhaps even more now than previously.

i cant understand why riot won't admit this was a complete failure of a rework and revert it.

11 Comments

MrHaZeYo3/17/2017, 12:05:20 AM1 votes

If they reverted her she would then again be permabanned lol.

She simply at her old state would again be the strongest mid lane.

AFilthyCaitMain3/17/2017, 12:06:22 AM1 votes

Shes weak rn and probably needs some minor buffs to get her back in a good position, but i think nerfing her did some good, even if they overdid it.

BlueBilberry3/20/2017, 11:59:21 PM1 votes

I have to confess I've never understood the logic behind giant nerf changes instead of gradual incremental changes to slowly bring a champion into balance. By the current looks of things, comparing the recent Leblanc nerf with what happened to Taliyah's nerf shortly after she came out, I think it's going to be a good 7 to 8 months before some of the damage to the champion is undone.

Now if only I could figure out why Riot recommended Leblanc to me as a champion to play in their 2016 review...

ThrowsTheBird4/11/2017, 9:41:07 AM1 votes

It is disillusioning to see the replies here. They reflect the average attitude and level of intelligence of the community.

Before the recent rework her play rate was around 8% with a 47% win rate (champion.gg and op.gg) So what are you guys on about? She was never oppressive and in plat+ elo you needed to be very good to get an advantage in lane. Above that..high diamond and upwards she was not even played because people could counter her very easily.

The rework moved her damage into her passive which means that instead of having to balance several parts of her kit now her whole kit revolves around ONE THING, the passive. Having only one thing to balance opposed to several made Leblanc even more unbalanceable hence she was pushed into the gutters and left to rot.

What is so hard to understand about this, The guy responsible (Ricklessabandon) has shown complete incompetence when working on champions. He destroyed Viktor / Azir / Nidalee / Akali / Leblanc...all these great champion are now useless in League.

But of course you guys want to have it easy..you don't want to learn to play against Leblanc or any assassin. You don't want to learn what "mispositiniong" means or what non-mechanical counterplay stands for? You don't want to itemize against Leblanc but you are fine with Annie instabursting a whole team with point n click abilities.

You guys deserve a dumb game and apparently Riot is going to give it to ya.