Nerf Lb's W swapback by 1 sec

Bungboy·5/18/2015, 6:27:35 AM·7 votes·561 views

As a master LB main I strongly feel that what is making LB so overpowered it is just too easy to "juke" with her. The risk-reward factor is not equal when playing her. Even if you mindlessly jump in to poke their carry, you can escape getting caught out by long cooldowns like Amumu ult and Sej ult. Leblanc is supposed to be able to be beaten by point and click cc and damage, but it's very difficult to cc her for long enough to prevent her from swapping back. Lower the W swap timer from 4 sec to 3 sec. This way, if a Leblanc player casts WR, then if she gets stunned for 2 sec she will die like she used to before the buff, and not be able to escape.

Leblanc should require precision and careful thinking before jumping in to poke or kill. Right now, this is not the case. I feel that the buffs she was given made her too safe and she no longer requires quick decision making in order to do well with her. I also think this is a much better option than giving her the zed treatment because Leblanc's identity would be kept intact while granting her some much needed extra risk.

7 Comments

Best Darius KR5/18/2015, 10:11:22 AM3 votes

Oh crap A LeBlanc main asking for a nerf? Holy crap! My faith in this world has been restored!

Zero Shingetsu5/18/2015, 10:08:08 AM2 votes

Wasn't it a second shorter before her tweaks? Apparently Riot didn't like it that way for some reason.

CreationFlaw5/18/2015, 6:34:27 AM1 votes

Do you mean revert the buff? Because she had like 51.2% winrate when they made her W go from 3 to 4 seconds. They just enjoy poster champions more then other ones.

CreationFlaw5/18/2015, 7:03:53 AM1 votes

The 51.2% is the general sum of all the Win/Loss rates of all regions. Either way, I agree. I don't like being bursted down from 3k hp 150 mr to 0 hp and then she teleports back without taking more then 300 damage.

lB2kGRlc8y5/18/2015, 7:19:06 AM1 votes

From what I've been seeing on the forums recently, LB mains are out in mass trying to crush any nerfs to her playstyle in fear of the success of Zed's nerf transferring to her, but actually seeing a LB player that acknowledges her low risk playstyle makes me regain a little faith in that part of the community, thank you. I personally think the 1 sec delay on returning is the way to do it, but I think your suggestion would be less crippling to the bad LB players who rely on her for freelo at low ranks.

Lost In Time5/18/2015, 8:00:08 AM1 votes

I'd say leave it and give her the Zed ult treatment - 1 second lockout from returning.

3 or 4 second return time makes no difference in lane when she can dump her creamy load all over the enemy and return without even a scratch.