Proposed LeBlanc Changes

Today I am posting to propose some changes to LeBlanc that will focus on relieving some of her burst damage, by turning some of her damage into a form of DoT (damage over time). This is a big part of her change because it will make her counter play less reaction time based and will make her less frustrating to play against. I will also be looking to raise her survivability and make her play-style more thematic, with more decision making, and more rewarding for landing a full combo. I will do this by focusing on making her chain more central to her kit. Please read on for a more in-depth analysis on my proposed changes for each ability.

Mirror Image (passive): Mirror Image invisibility for LeBlance and Clone increased to 1.5 seconds from 1 second. LeBlanc and Her Clone gain 20% MoveSpeed for 3 seconds. Passive can now be buffed through Ethereal Chains (read on to learn more)

TL;DR This change is focused on giving LeBlanc more survivalability and decision making.

Sigil of Malice Q: Sigil of Malice will no longer mark the enemy champion and will no longer deal double the damage when another ability is used on targeted champion, Instead her Q will now instantly proc Ethereal Chains root if Ethereal Chains is applied to said enemy. Sigil of Malice's scaling has been buffed from 40% to 50%.

TL;DR Made Sigil of Malice less bursty because it's a low skill targetable ability.

Distortion W: Distortion damage reduced to 65/95/125/155/185 (+60% AP) from 85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+ 60% AP) Distortion now does 125% the damage to minions.

TL;DR Basically reduces distortion damage by 25% to champions but doesn't take away her source of wave clear.

Ethereal Chains E: LeBlanc flings illusory chains in a line, dealing magic damage to the first enemy they hit and tethering herself to them for 2 (up from 1.5) seconds, slowing her target by 20% (reduced from 25%) while the tether persists. Missile speed reduced from 1750 to 1450 Ethereal Chain initial damage stays the same (40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 (+ 50% AP))

If the target does not break the tether by moving out of range, they are rooted for 1 (down from 1.5) second and additional magic damage is dealt (2.5x the current amount) (ex: 100/165/225/285/350 (+50% AP))

Landing Ethereal Chains root on a target grants a buff for the next 10 seconds: If LeBlanc's passive (Mirror Image) goes off within the next 10 seconds LeBlanc and her Clone gain 10/20/30 Armor and Magic Resistance for 3 seconds (scales with Ultimate level) LeBlanc now has the ability to interact with her Clone causing her to absorb it granting her X Amount of Flat Health (ex:500)

TL;DR Made Ethereal Chains the central part of her burst, rewarding better players. This still keeps her pick potential high, but allows tanks and minions to block for squishies.

Mimic R: LeBlanc casts a mimicked version of her most recently used basic ability, applying the same effects and dealing modified magic DoT damage. All base damage is increased by 30% but now all damage from this ability is DoT damage that is applied over 5/4/3 seconds. (scales with Ultimate Level)

TL;DR Turned her ULT damage to DoT damage that applies over 5/4/3 seconds so less frustrating to play against

These proposed changes will still allow LeBlanc to excel at pick potential. They will raise her survivalability and reward better players. While making her skill floor higher, because squishies will have a couple extra seconds to try and counter the damage. The numbers might need a bit of an adjustment but these changes will make LeBlanc less frustrating to play against and more rewarding to play as.

Please feel free to give me feedback.

EDIT: She will have a higher mana pool, and mana regen for a better laning phase.

EDIT 2: You could also give LeBlanc the ability to buy a nerfed version of trickster's glass (black market brawlers item). This would give LeBlanc more of a unique playstyle from her female AP assassin's with dashes counterparts (katarina, akali, diana)