Shorten the tether length of Leblanc's chain if you're gonna make it faster.

Danny DeVito··91 votes·3,787 views

The thing stretches out so far, and noe you're making it even more difficult to avoid. Unless you have a gap closer it's really diffixult to escape it. Sometimes flash isn't even enough.

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Naag One29 votes

does she even need any buffs? :| crazy damage with more easy mode panic button escapes than anyone else in the game. wtfffff if anything she should be nerfed a bit, along with fizz <3

TaoistMaster6 votes

she used to have a silence.

be grateful she is what she is

CatSith6 votes

Just because her silence was removed doesn't make her power any less overwhelming lol.

Michael Sykes6 votes

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Just because her silence was removed doesn't make her power any less overwhelming lol.

yep but her lategame is not so easy and tankiness is a hard counter to her burst

Ariel the Cruel18 votes

Varus Ooh, teamfight! Leblanc And ally has been slain. Varus Sona Sorry, I blinked. What just happened?

NegusInParis1 votes

She's not mechanically hard so I'm not sure why her win rate is at 45%

Handin Out Naps4 votes

Playing her in team fights takes a lot of patience and practice though. Tanks will make life hard.

NegusInParis2 votes

So I guess she is balanced :D (which I think)

Handin Out Naps1 votes

Well atm I would say yes. She is still a pretty annoying champ with that half the lane tether range tho :'(.

AbrahamBaconham1 votes

Balanced does not necessarily mean healthy.

Llanite3 votes

Which require you to be in range of her W.

Kat, Talon, Rengar all take you down in 0.5s if they flank and you're within their cast range, even Lux, Annie or Veigar would pull that off.

Squishy + zero awareness + zero maneuverability = bird food.

Auz the Ripper5 votes

Stop exaggerating, Kat takes at least a full second totally different

KANYE OBAMA GOD1 votes

Kat = save cc to stop her ult Talon = he has no real escape after assassinating and unless he played it well or is just fed, will probably just die Rengar . . . Yeah I got nothing for him lool

Llanite1 votes

And who's going to kill him once he's done? The support or the dead adc? All he needs is to wait for the mid to blow their heaviest hitting spell before going in.

FYI, he also gets a stealth + 40% MS as he R.

I Main Swain1 votes

he also has no out. lb doesnt even have to worry about turrets

Penguin Eclipse1 votes

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he also has no out. lb doesnt even have to worry about turrets

She absolutely does have to worry about turrets. Stop making stuff up.

OyddAWqJ5r2 votes

I was all about the silence removal movement back in the day, possibly heading it. They went the right direction compensating it with huge W and ult buffs but now the problem is W's very very low window for punishment especially given R is available as a 2nd W as well.

Danny DeVito9 votes

Furthermore, the slow is pretty stupid too so you could remove that idk

HeadHonchkrow1 votes

Are you actually M2K?

Red Ryu1 votes

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Are you actually M2K?

Doubt it.

https://twitter.com/mvg_mew2king

HeadHonchkrow1 votes

Why did you post his twitter?

Bears Dont Care1 votes

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Why did you post his twitter?

Because m2k does not play league period.

Curling Veigar8 votes

No, buff her more

RasCaelestis1 votes

You're living up to the first part of your name here...

Teemo or Feedmo1 votes

+1 for the username

Seenan7 votes

No, if they wanna slightly balance Leb hit her mimicked jump. 90+ AP ratio with already high damage every 20-30 seconds is ridic. Put the power elsewhere.

1000angrybees6 votes

I'd rather see her sit at less than a 46% winrate than be good. With the way her kit is, she's either trashy or bullshit, and giving her any sort of buff or nerf doesn't help. Not to mention that just about every aspect of her could use a rework, both visually, thematically, mechanically, kit-wise.... she's a mess that they need to work on.

making her chains faster without actually fixing its wonky hit detection is a good idea though. good buff :^)

DeynaTaggerung5 votes

Or maybe just make it a thinner skillshot http://i.imgur.com/5g8H80R.png

taleofsonata4 votes

Because one of leblanc combo is to WQRE and relies on E Maximum range for it to work. If they nerf E range its like removing one of Leblanc combo. This is the hardest combo to pull off too.

Spicy Rice31 votes

Its also one of the hardest hitting and has the lowest cd of all full assassin combos

Auz the Ripper3 votes

I'd argue the lowest CD assassin combo is Akali's But it doesn't hit anywhere near as hard and it's meant to spammed in order to kill someone

A Liberal3 votes

Meh, LB needs buffs IMO. Since they removed the silence on her q and lowered her AP ratios she hasn't been in the best spot. I will say a missile speed increase on the chains is kinda weird, but still.

Teemo or Feedmo7 votes

what drugs have you been using lately?

Baunjo1 votes

Have you played Leblanc recently?

Baunjo3 votes

You are only level 17. Assassins are gonna feel pretty oppressive to you for a while, that's just how the game goes until you learn how to play against them. Usually only some of the best players in the world play assassins at a high ranking and do well consistantly.

Teemo or Feedmo2 votes

i'm a smurf lol

JARmates2 votes

OP do you not read all my Leblanc buff thread? Fuck off dude!

They need to give her a silence for all 3 of her abilities and a double silence for her ultimate. Double the duration of the regular silence for her ultimate like they do with doubling the damage for her ultimate.

A Liberal1 votes

o.o You see that counterplay? Fuck that counterplay!

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

LeeSin I see counter-play everywhere!

Teemo or Feedmo1 votes

no you dont. you're blind.

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

Lissandra Don't mind him. I see where you're coming from.

RasCaelestis1 votes

Icy where you're coming from too.

(Yes, I know Liss is also blind. Just wanted to make a bad ice pun.) ^_^

Ariel the Cruel2 votes

(You assume that isn't what I was aiming for. ;p )

i like pie mmm1 votes

Caitlyn I never miss a shot

Llanite1 votes

It's still slow, skill shot and only affect first target hit.

The closest equivalence is Ahri E, Blitz Q and Thresh, all of which are 100% stronger.

Vincent Lucius1 votes

Except LeBlanc is an assassin/burst mage and two of the champs you mentioned are supports with the third being a mage that excels at kiting/chasing. They aren't really the best comparisons for her.

Llanite1 votes

Doesn't change the fact that's its the most difficult mechanism to pull off in this game, and need appropriate reward.

Vincent Lucius2 votes

The most difficult? As opposed to Ekko who needs to set up his field where you're going to be in five seconds? Or Veigar who has to hit you on the edge of a delayed cage that anyone with a dash can get out of when they see it coming or even just walk out of range?

It's a chain that gives an assassin a slow and a snare for both chase and disengage if necessary and the discussion is on what to do to balance it if they make it faster so your point about it being slow isn't really valid in this case and as a skill shot it has a wide hit box.

Personally I don't mind LeBlanc, even laning against her as a squishy mage, but you're really trying to make it sound like she's more mechanically difficult than she is.

Llanite2 votes

Every assassin has a slow of sort and/or one gap maker/closer.

Her E is more difficult than Veigar E, or Ekko W, as it has risk of failing due to external factor. They are harder to set up, but 100% success if done right, whilst LB E can be avoided by CC, dash or careful movement.

Vincent Lucius1 votes

But it has a 100% success rate "If done right". So do most abilities. And they can also be avoided by dashes/CC/careful movement. Except ego gives you a couple of seconds of warning before he can stun you and Veigar has a decent sized area inside of the cage that lets you move around and avoid his abilities.

A better comparison for LeBlanc's snare would be a Lux or Morgana Q, by the way. Snares that can be interrupted by interrupted by tanks and minions as well as dodged.

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