LeBlanc's Current Posistion (LeBalanced)

As a player, I enjoy playing highly mobile champs to can juke around the Rift to dodge this and that and make some sweet plays and kill people. However, it has come to my attention there is a mid lane goddess at the moment that is above all the rest in what she does and her name is LeBlanc. What differs her from other assassins is how much versatility and mobility she has in her kit compared to her kit.

Passive - Mirror Image: I do think this passive is alright where it stands. It's not too ridiculous in the sense of it being overpowered, however, it is definitely one of the better passives among the mid lane champions.

Q - Sigil of Malice (110 / 160 / 210 / 260 / 310 (+ 80% AP)(This includes initial q damage and one of abilities popping it): The heart and soul of her kit. Although it used to be a lot more broken with the silence which I think everyone is happy they removed, the ability, I believe, is still too good to have as much damage as it has. With the power it has, it provides way too much burst and just Qing and Ring most squishies will drop them to half hp and lower with just a and . I think the scaling and base damage should be adjusted first and foremost compared to the rest of her kit.

W - Distortion (85 / 125 / 165 / 205 / 245 (+ 60% AP): To be blunt, this provides an excessive amount of mobility for , ignoring it's above average numbers even though it drops her into the fray and is her main source of escape and mobility. This combo'd with a Q early game will most likely bring an enemy mid laner at level 2 down 1/4 HP. This ability, is in my opinion, ok damage wise, however, should probably see an increase in cooldown in order to make her a little less slippery since she already can use 2 Distortions (using Mimic) and to close the gap or increase it as she needs to and also has a 1 second stealth and a duplication every 60 seconds.

E - Ethereal Chains (80 / 130 / 180 / 230 / 280 (+ 100% AP): This is 's only source of CC however it is definitely one of the best snares in the game. It does decent damage and has a humongous range if lands her initial cast on her target and only needing to stay in a 1000 radius of said champion. This combined with the rest of her kit sets up for an easy combo or procs a second Sigil of Malice if ulted her Q or missed the Distortion on her target. I think the best way to change the ability since the damage is ok for the what the ability is is to reduce it's range by an amount, say 250-300. That will make have to stay closer to her target or gives her target some breathing room in escaping from her clutches.

R - Mimic: This ability is one of the few abilities in the game that manipulates/duplicates one of the abilities the champion with the ability has, adding a lot of combination and versatility to her kit overall. This allows for her to duplicate any spell she see's fit whether it be Sigil of Malice for burst, Distortion for Escape or Ethereal Chains for more CC. It also has above average numbers for these duplicated spells: MIMIC: SIGIL OF MALICE: 100 / 200 / 300 (+ 65% AP) MIMIC: DISTORTION: 150 / 300 / 450 (+ 97.5% AP) MIMIC: ETHEREAL CHAINS: 100 / 200 / 300 (+ 65% AP) MAXIMUM DAMAGE ON Q AND E: 200 / 400 / 600 (+ 130% AP) I believe the best way to change this ability would be to tone down the scaling of these abilities and also increase the cooldown of Mimic altogether as it has a 24 second base cooldown alone at max rank with no cooldown reduction.

Since a lot of the recent changes for her unfavorable match ups (, , , ) she has risen above a majority of the other mid lane champs if not ALL of them in terms of how useful she is overall, how much damage she can output (which is what you look for in mid lane champs) and how much she can move (which is a main priority for assassins such as herself).

This post is an exclamation and explanation of why and how is a dominating and controlling force in the mid lane and sometimes even support or jungle if done right and I know it is not only me who feels this way about this champion as she is the 10th most banned champion (based of lolking) which might change soon due to chart I am currently looking at is for 2/2/2015-2/9/2015 and patch 5.3 came out today, 2/11/2015 which nerfed and .

Hopefully someone agrees with me on my position or at least acknowledges it.

-Lurtuzable