I'm so sick of seeing this champ two-shot me 5 minutes into the game. Her chain radius is literally ridiculous. Even if I had 3 flashes I cant escape that shit. I dont see how thats fair when she has a dash that she doesnt have to commit to. Her damage is off the charts, and forget catching her if shes ahead. If shes 3/0 is basically gg because you cant catch her and you cant survive her burst.
Please hotfix this broken champ.
Pale Pirate23 votesWell, no. You see, the new Leblanc left Leblanc mains in a rather disappointed mood. She doesn't need a nerf, she needs a fix. Let me explain.
What was the goal of the Leblanc rework? Extend her damage output. What she gets for this nerf, is a unique clone mechanic, to try and trick the opponent into attacking it while you kill them. That's what you can call an outplay, right? If they attacked the right clone, they would have a chance to kill/push back the Leblanc. Except, that didn't work.
Her clone mechanic probably received near zero playtesting. Right now, it just doesn't work. While it may confuse the opponent who isn't paying full attention to Leblanc, the clone is completely nonexistent for the Leblanc Player. Its low clarity (no health bar?), and unpredictable and sometimes stupid movements means the Leblanc players can't play around their own clone. This means they can't use it as a reliable defensive resource.
So since that failed, what did they give her instead? A) Waveclear, which no Leblanc main ever asked for and B) Ridiculously high damage and some points of the game. At level 6 you can literally RW->W->E->Q the enemy midlaner and he will be dead in 2 seconds unless he can kill you first. They should just support her clone mechanic, making it less stupid and add a health bar so that Leblanc can notice its presence. Nerf/tweak where needed. If that fails, remove the mechanic and replace it with the ultimate/R clone.
tl; dr Riot wanted to give Leblanc less instant damage, and replace it with a clone mechanic. The clone wasn't supported well enough and it failed, so they gave her waveclear and ridiculous damage. Instead, they should look to make her clone mechanic into a reliable defensive resource, and tweak the rest. If that fails, look for something to replace it (ultimate/R clone for example).
Michael Sykes2 votes[{quoted}](name=0 oxros piratis,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=GblTmE3s,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2017-01-15T10:44:44.309+0000)
Well, no. You see, the new Leblanc left Leblanc mains in a rather disappointed mood. She doesn't need a nerf, she needs a fix. Let me explain.
What was the goal of the Leblanc rework? Extend her damage output. What she gets for this nerf, is a unique clone mechanic, to try and trick the opponent into attacking it while you kill them. That's what you can call an outplay, right? If they attacked the right clone, they would have a chance to kill/push back the Leblanc. Except, that didn't work.
Her clone mechanic probably received near zero playtesting. Right now, it just doesn't work. While it may confuse the opponent who isn't paying full attention to Leblanc, the clone is completely nonexistent for the Leblanc Player. Its low clarity (no health bar?), and unpredictable and sometimes stupid movements means the Leblanc players can't play around their own clone. This means they can't use it as a reliable defensive resource.
So since that failed, what did they give her instead? A) Waveclear, which no Leblanc main ever asked for and B) Ridiculously high damage and some points of the game. At level 6 you can literally RW->W->E->Q the enemy midlaner and he will be dead in 2 seconds unless he can kill you first. They should just support her clone mechanic, making it less stupid and add a health bar so that Leblanc can notice its presence. Nerf/tweak where needed. If that fails, remove the mechanic and replace it with the ultimate/R clone.
tl; dr Riot wanted to give Leblanc less instant damage, and replace it with a clone mechanic. The clone wasn't supported well enough and it failed, so they gave her waveclear and ridiculous damage. Instead, they should look to make her clone mechanic into a reliable defensive resource, and tweak the rest. If that fails, look for something to replace it (ultimate/R clone for example).
what really sucks is the fact that she is so broken early, but the lategame is worse than it has ever been. But I agree on any point
GayFluffyUnicorn4 votesLB main since s3 here. I nearly fully agree. What bothers me the most is how clunky she feels to play due to her delay. Her clone is rather idk. And i don't like the fact they made her less skill reliant imo atleast it feels like that when playing against her since you know can just point blank use your E for tons of dmg instead of animation cancel with WEQ for example.
Pale Pirate1 votesAccording to champion.gg she is indeed easier to play. Maybe that's why everyone is like "she is so strong" which confuses me a little. I've tried to adapt to the new Leblanc multiple times, but I keep feeling that I could stomp way harder with the old Leblanc.
Luckily there are a couple of champions to switch to. I have been having some fun with 
jungle, build 
and if you play well you can murder things.
Troll for Trump2 votesBasically Talon, except replace every instance of "clone" with "gimmick parkour"
GULAG 4 U1 votestalon has stealth and doesn't have a 500 miles tether range with cc
Troll for Trump1 votesTalon doesn't bully well in laning, and his dmg falls off harder.
dominusx3 votesshe is a mage. she aint getting nerfed unless played in lcs
NineTailedMystic13 votesLB is still an Assassin.
Pale Pirate1 votesFortunately, yes, but she feels "magier" than she has ever been to me.
Covert Ops Gnar2 votesi love when riot adds skillshots that are unavoidable, like lux and leblanc W.
W into your face, similar to how lee sin can W into your face press e in your face, like how lee can put q into your face press R in their face, like lee sin then press Q like lee sin gg ap lee sin
TyrekGoldenspear1 votesLux's W is her shield...
Crede7773 votesTechnically it's a skill shot and Lux cannot avoid it.
Pale Pirate1 votesI'm pretty sure that you can zhonyas it though.
Incarceration2 votesGuys, come on. She's actually one of the real assassins that's doing well apart from Katarina and Kha'zix.
the weeaboo1 votesToo well. Thats the problem.
Incarceration1 votesThen just lower the tether range if you are less than 75% health. Otherwise, you should be able to fight her.
the weeaboo1 votesShe will literally one shot you if you don't have 2k+ HP with 150 MR you cant fight that
Incarceration1 votesYou can fight that.
Ex:
Just R, and start autoattacking her. She will W back and you q backwards if you want to survive.
Just put the W down and either force her back or kill her. E out if she is forced back, you don't always need to land the headshot.
Most champions can easily retaliate and burst Leblanc faster than she can. Even Katarina can with the same delays in her kit.
DunkinNoobs2 votesRiot is trying their standard approach first: nerf everything but the problem, see that this doesn't work, and then finally nerf the problem, leaving the champ on the trash heap.
doiminat0r36002 votesEveryone is so up-and-arms about Ahri that everyone forgot that she is still a tyrant.
Mafia LeBlanc1 votespls no ;\
Are1 votesHer bases are decent and her ratios are really, really good. They're better than Anivia's. She has waveclear, mobility, CC. The only weakness in her kit really is that she has a 1.5 second delay, but honestly, it doesn't seem to help at all except in mid-late game fights with a good team. Laning against her feels oppressive.
If anyone knows how to counterplay her, please let me know.
xevi8 votesJust read the first letter of each step
TyrekGoldenspear2 votes"Send nudes"?
WitchQueen Annie1 votesWell I think its really stupid that she can hit you with a skill shot E that does SO much damage and locks you in. The fact that she can blink towards you with a non-ultimate on low cool down to help land it makes it even more unfair.
Also... what the hell. Lands an E and then walks towards or sideways with a GIANT CIRCLE attached to you (can I even Flash out of that?).
Most trollish design ever...
Karn Bishop1 voteslol.
Nothing else needed just na.op.gg him then laugh with me.
ModJango Mage1 votesHey! Im a mid-mage main and im currently sitting in Gold V. Im almost lvl five with all of the mages so i win the lane almost all of the time. But theres one champ that i can never win aganst with not a single champion. Yes you guessed it its Leblanc. If the enemy picks her im tilted already in champ select...
Rogue Blitzwolf1 votesOh I love the tether though. Played Akali w and flash still doesn't get out of range. I'm then snared and she uses w q and r e just in case I don't die from the original combo and another snare. Fair gameplay riot.
invisiblecat11 votesAt least now she can't Q R W E you and you die instantly, now she has to E wait and then you die
it be lìke that1 votesshe was literally just nerfed in 7.1?
*edit nvm it was reverted for some reason...along with rengars.
Blåbæret1 votesMy problem with LB is that she's impossible to lane against. She's also ungankable. GL dealing with the constant cloning, dashes and illusions. They gave her waveclear so now she can leave to roam whenever she feels like it. You have no kill pressure on her whatsoever in lane.
SolTheScaleless1 votesDude, she has two dashes. Cait is gonna get wrecked. And those traps aren’t going to do anything. Literally don’t dash on top of it. And Vanye, I guess, but only if you outplay her. The problem is, no mid laner can handle LB.
S8 R.I.P. sol. Even Quantum Fizzics doesn’t play sol anymore.