LeBlanc

AstroFerrari ··3 votes·1,054 views

LeBlanc was my first champion, and I love playing her. As a long time Leblanc player, I'm sort of dumbfounded when people tell me she's stupidly broken and her Q+W auto nukes everyone. I've been in a discussion with this guy telling me that Leblanc is the safest and most mobile character in the game. Here is what he said.

" A. Leblanc is the easiest and safest character in the game due to the simplicity of her combo and her mobility. B. Im saying the chain is just another extra thing you just happen to have for free, if they survive your combo somehow you can use E to slow them down long enough to do your pathetically easy Q+W Combo, and maybe even another Q+W+R "Combo" since her ult cd is very low. Farming with any AP Champions autos is a pain, but it is possible and if you are wasting all your mana using abilities to farm that is not a weakness of the champion, just an individual being foolish. Leblanc is a complete hyper carry, you abuse your fantastic early game where you can(Thanks to her W) Push up as far as you want without fear of ganks and use your incredible Base damage to cheese the enemy, then snowball and roam from there. She is incredibly strong in the lategame, saying she is not a hyper carry is just lying to yourself. Playing Leblanc is distasteful, also I just prefer more skillful champions like Lee Sin, Yasuo, Vayne and Zed. Playing Leblanc is like abusing a glitched gun in a shooter, if you have ever used the USAS-12 in Battlefield 3 back where it one hit everyone in a huge AoE, its a little something like that. Leblanc is comparable to the USAS-12 in the sense that both are incredibly broken and easy to use is what im saying. I ban Leblanc every game I can. She is just to good at carrying soloqueue due to her ability to negate a lot of the bad habits players tend to have. Tired of dropping off lategame with characters like Renekton? Play Leblanc, best lategame in League. Tired of losing lane due to weak early damage on Characters like Yasuo? Dont worry, Leblanc has your back with her cripplingly high base damage. Tired of getting ganked after engaging on an enemy in the laning phase? Dont worry Leblancs W is an escape and a gapcloser, those pesky junglers wont have a chance of ganking you successfully! Have bad positioning on every other character in League? Dont worry, Leblanc has 4 escapes and low cooldowns, getting called out will become a thing of the past! Look I understand you want to feel good about your Leblanc "Plays" (You Q+W) their adc and she dies instantly before realizing you are there "Play" but she is just the easiest character in the game, its a fact. "

I just want other peoples' thoughts on this, because he's making it sound like picking LB means you'll win. If there is anything the best LB players know, it's that LeBlanc has almost no teamfight potential and isn't a viable carry no matter how fed she gets.

Edit: TL;DR - A guy whose been thrashed by leblanc and/or doesn't know how to play her makes numerous hyperboles and out right lies about Leblanc's laning, playing, teamfight, and carry potential. I make an attempt to have a respectful conversation with him but he continues to spout nonsense that clearly shows he hates leblanc or doesn't know how to fight one.

12 Comments

magic pole4 votes

"more skillful champions like Vayne"...

stopped reading there

just play her dude. haters gon hate

AstroFerrari 1 votes

I stopped reading pretty early too hahahaha. And thanks man, I intend to :D

ShinTwist3 votes

Look, man. LB is... Well... Riot gutted her like a fish, and then served her insides to her detractors in cardboard takeout containers, with little salt packets to perfectly sum up their outlook.

I hate LB, but she was dumpstered, and anyone who complains about her now is just being a crybaby, and even if she hadn't been, "I don't like it" is never a reason to destroy gameplay someone else does.

Play LB. Wreck scrubs. Collect salt.

AstroFerrari 2 votes

The funniest thing is, I only started playing league last December. I wasn't even around for the days where she had a silence. I think she's balanced in her own way.

And trust me, I intend to :D

Xochtil2 votes

LB Is really easy laning phase, but in teamfights late game, even if you are fed you can't really help your team.... I guess you w ult into your enemy if you want a nice aoe burst.... but mostly you just kill the adc and then wait for your cooldowns to go down. I'm bronze tho so what do I know.

AstroFerrari 1 votes

I agree. The dude is still spouting bs but I don't really care to make him see the other side of things. Personally I don't believe you have to be Platinum to know that LB isn't OP. Your opinion is very much still valid :)

Xochtil1 votes

I think she's fair rn with the slow nerf to her w and ulti. But I do have to agree her laning phase against most champions is fairly easy. Late game she falls off tho (when your in teamfights)

Sigil of Silence2 votes

She's the epitome of a One-Trick-Pony, and definitely lives up to her name.

On the other side of the notepad, she excels at 1v1 (2v2) skirmishes in the jungle or small areas, with many different ways to execute her spells via Mimic. Depending on how the battle unfolds, that's what dictates you to use a certain spell with Mimic:

Either doubling Sigil of Silence (oops I mean Malice, oh me) for that guaranteed damage, Distortion for the escape or catching up and sitting on their face, or Ethereal Chains for the extra utility for your teammates to follow upon and to proc the second half of your Sigil.

A Shy Box1 votes

Too long. -.- . Mechanics = win.

AstroFerrari 1 votes

Couldn't agree more

RISE Shlack1231 votes

LB is mechanically difficult, even if just moderately. You have to land your entire combo properly or you don't burst anyone down. You have to teamfight properly and know when to go in. You have to avoid hard CC or you die or pop your passive almost immediately.

LB is a pain to deal with when she is played by a skilled player, but LB is useless in unskilled hands.

AstroFerrari 1 votes

Exactly. The dude I was talking says a Q + W auto kills everyone. I'm like, dude do you even hear yourself?

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