how... the hell do you deal with a lb?...

Popstar Ahri·Mar 15, 2016·4 votes·714 views

she out zones me 24/7 in lane, if I want to avoid having her to use her target ability and distortion which can chuck out half of my hp. so how the hell can u exactly react to a lb quick casting Q W, and QRW at the same time for u to be able to react to dodge it?

even hexdrinker couldnt even withstand her retarded damage, and its completely so frustrating to gank her just as much as trying to the laining phase against her

and the next thing u know, by mid and late game, she 100-0 your mid laner and ur adc like its nothing

thanks Riot I have just been reminded why I have her to be one of my most hated mid laners to go up against

11 Comments

ModWulf HelhammerMar 15, 20164 votes

Zone her away and she stops being able to do much against you.

And the most important thing is to not feed her, not let her get kills. She doesn't have any kills, she's useless.

PhantomGGMar 15, 20163 votes

play her and you will find out

she has useless autos, her wave clear has to be done through her abilities, shes strong against people who have bad or mediocre wave clear because now she can abuse where you are on the map and chain her abilities on you, however if she is against someone with strong wave clear, for example ahri/yasuo/malzahar she is now forced to use her abilities on minions while you still have your abilities to use on her. She hard core suffers against people who can just easily shub lanes and harrass her

Why?

For once again she is now forced to use her w and her ultimate on minion waves which now leaves her unable to trade with you

No flash no lifeMar 15, 20163 votes

She has no waveclear early, and even when fed she has no absolutely-safe waveclear. You need fast reaction to trade with her early game when she dives. Once she has the burst potential, push wave in your favor, force her to spend time defending instead of bursting single targets periodically. Yes, her burst and mobility are insane, but that's all she's good for. If you shove wave to turret with your team she can't do anything, and if you force a team fight she can burst one of you down, but then she'll be useless after so it's essentially 4v4 even if one of you dies to her.

TL;DR avoid giving her chances to dive&burst you in open areas.

Surfer AsheMar 15, 20163 votes

LB will only zone if she knows you're in lane, so either hide out of sight (90% of LBs will immediately start waveclearing with W and now she has no way to really kill you) or just roam.

LB's damage becomes less and less threatening as long as she isn't fed out of her mind and almost any mid can waveclear as well or better than her.

EDIT: Your CS won't look pretty but your typical LB's CS isn't anything special and she really relies on kills to do her job later in the game.

The DeckownerMar 15, 20162 votes

play galio

The Sword SaintMar 15, 20162 votes

Stand so that if she w's at you you have a clear shot to e her then combo her when she comes in. LB is super squishy, you'll prob do more damage to her than her to you esp if you rush abyssal or ryleis.

AstôlfoMar 15, 20162 votes

I like how people complain without looking at it from the champion's perspective.

Linna ExcelMar 15, 20161 votes

Step 1: play and get gud with ahri, lux, or malzahar Step 2: rush abyssal Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit

EpicMusicMar 15, 20161 votes

play Heimer. :)

Clutch ThompsonMar 15, 20161 votes

I dont play many different champs, but when I go morgana or mordekaiser mid vs a leblanc, its no problem keeping her zoned and dealing with her damage

BadmoonBCMar 15, 20161 votes

I'm an LB main. And I can te you right now first of all no matter how hard she snowballs if your playing an ad mid, build hex/maw and steraks and late game she can't do a damn thing to you. Her job is to assassinate. If you have two shields preventing that, when she distortion a in you'll kill her before she gets you. Also, It's all about just interrupting her distortion. Lux is actually decent against lb, she can q her mid distortion. Bait the lb, let her q you(pre 6 at least), and q her when she comes in. Lb is a sitting duck if she gets ccd during the distortion. The difference between a good lb and just a newb smashing their keyboard is a good lb isn't always looking for a qrw or qwe combo. She will wait for you to use any type of cc before she goes in. Diana is good for this, just w when Leblanc distortions. Annie is also a strong counter to LB. use your passive to stun q her when she comes in etc. obviously Morgana and galio are good counters for her too. if your playing Talon or zed, then you just need to build hexdrinker first item and be more aggressive then her. Practice

Edit: Just looked you up. I mean yasuo/lb is a skill match up. If you don't time the windwall right then the leash is gonna fuck you. But, with yasuos that give me trouble(I was gold 3 last season, So I played some half decent yasuos), they just wave clear harass and push me into tower. I can't roam, can't wave clear until 6, and even at 6 I need to use my ultimate to do so, and usually the yasuo can harass well. If she misses her w/e, then you know it's time to go in and destroy her. So let's say, you and LB are level 3, she just tried to qwe you. She whiffed. Get on her ass and don't stop until she's under the turret, use your e to. Try to keep moving and shove the wave. Make sure your warding cause your going to be pushed