Still trying to understand about LeBlanc...

juaumzitus·11/16/2014, 11:41:48 PM·1 votes·785 views

Kassadin lost his silence, got channel cancel and magic shield.

Talon lost his silence, got a strong slow for short duration.

LeBlanc lost her silence, still trigger nerfed and still chain nerfed.

I know she is supposed to have more burst than the 2, but she is single target assassin that basically requires to wait the cd for W or E so that she can use her Q again, while on the hopes of surviving or doing nothing untill the 10 seconds needed so that she can try to make her Q deal damage. It means she is the mage most heavily countered by shields and heals.

What i'm saying is, give her something in return of losing the silence, a move speed increase on trigger, a small cd reduction on trigger, anything, even if it costs some of the damage. Just increasing the duration of her W is not going to fix the utility she lost over the nerfs. Even harrassing became dangerous because the chain takes too long to trigger.

4 Comments

It Is I Emoto11/16/2014, 11:43:57 PM4 votes

She's still strong and don't need any buffs, though she recieved utility buffs wich makes her plays greater. She just has to be very fast, though increasing the duration of the sigil would be great.

SouL1ess11/16/2014, 11:53:28 PM3 votes

She still has the choice to instantly return to her original position, avoiding any further confrontation after using Distortion to trigger a mark. Talon and Kassadin both lack this feature. Talon has to run out from melee range, Kassadin has to run out of melee range as well if he wants to hit with W. Leblanc only require the press of a button to disengage.

Kowe The Ewok11/17/2014, 12:47:13 AM1 votes

Blanc gained the ability to jump back to different locations with W and R. She used to have 1 fix spots to return.

That change drastically improved her surviveability and how safe she can be played. Considering this change the nerfs were just appropriate. There's already few enough counterplay against her.

(Counterbuilding is NOT counterplay)

ccseancc14311/17/2014, 1:01:38 AM1 votes

That "strong slow for a short durantion" is only long enough to hit 2 AAs. Pre nerf I could do that. The slow is useless since he already has one built into his w.