There's been a couple notable nerfs to ult cd's as of late

Renascent··1 votes·317 views

Talon's ult was brought up from 75/65/55 to 100/80/60.

Trundle's ult was brought up from 80/70/60 to 110/90/70.

Gangplank's ult was brought up from 140/130/120 to 160/150/140.

And now, on the pbe, Irelia's is finally being brought up from 70/60/50 to 110/85/60.

The reasoning that Riot usually gives for these kinds of nerfs is that they feel that it is unfair to the opposing laner to never have a very clear window of opportunity take advantage of after seeing the opponent use ult. After all, they usually have it back up again by the time you get back to lane after that devastating ult.

Now that these champions which had ult cd's that did indeed feel oppressive to laners playing against them got nerfed, I'd like Riot to address one last point of frustration which rather irks me.

Leblanc's ult: 40/32/24 Cost: 0 mana

What I would really like Riot to change about this ulti is one of two things: Increase the cooldown of earlier ranks and have it scale back down to 24s, or give it a mana cost. I'm not asking for anything too drastic, since even something like decreasing Leblanc's W speed from 1600 to 1300 was met with negative feedback. Increasing it to 60/42/24 OR keeping it 40/32/24 but making it cost 50 mana would suffice. For such a convenient and accessible ult, on an already convenient and accessible kit, something has to go.

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Caítlyn3 votes

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Fondling Gems1 votes

So sad urf didn't come around between the 1.5 sec cd reduction buff and the ult cd increase nerf. That would have been fun (hell)

Michael Sykes2 votes

Probably the others ult have been nerfed because the champions were too strong.

If LeBlanc becomes as strong as the champions you mentioned, that change might make sense, but at the moment she is in an "ok"-state. Additionally, it is not that kind of an ultimate. She has four spells, not three standard spells and an ultimate. Similar to Karma. I would even say that makes her kit unique

Sightless662 votes

The other nerfs came about when the champions were too strong. Leblanc isn't right now, so we shouldn't nerf her ult.

On top of that, I think its nature as an enhancement for a basic skill does give a good justification for its current cooldown. Maybe the mana cost nerf could be considered at some point in the future where she needed to be nerfed, but right now it would just be unnecessary.

KillerPenguins1 votes

I think what they should do to leblanc is make her combo harder by lowering her w damage and the speed of her q projectile, then to compensate for that they can give her some more cc.. maybe a silence as a reward for landing her combo?

On a less passive aggressive note, build a bit of MR or HP or a maw if you're ad, and suddenly she becomes a lot less relevant.

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