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Does LeBlanc need nerfs? (Poll)

MeleeNuke··1 votes·667 views

So in the competitive stage, LeBlanc is uses sparingly, but has made appearances this worlds 4 times so far. And she is somewhat popular in regular queue (about as popular as Garen). Even though she isn't super popular like Vayne, Jinx or Thresh, she still has ridiculous strengths: ungankable, instakill burst and unfathomable escape potential with her w, e and passive. Although I'm sure she is able to be beaten, I have never really won a lane against her (not counting games in which the LeBlanc is horrible or trolling). I am usually able to win lanes against a variety of champs, but I've always struggled against LeBlanc in particular. So to me it seems that LeBlanc has a skill cap for both playing as and against her, which is why I'm struggling. I would have to say that I struggle the most with her mobility. I hate being unable to gank her and when I inevitable feed her, I'm doomed. At one point I remember that she was autobanned, and then Riot responded with removing her silence. Ever since then it was assumed that she was at least sorta balanced since then. I just hope whatever Riot does, if anything, is to make sure that she can be more fun to play against.

It would be nice to see what anyone else thinks. I accept negative feedback, but please don't say stuff like "You're bad, get good."

12 Comments

Emkai2 votes

I play LeBlanc, and she is crazy fun, but I have to agree that she is really strong. It's easy to burst down a squishy enemy as LB, and even easier to get away to safety when you over-commit. I think she should be nerfed, somehow, because when I play against her as another mid laner, it's almost impossible to win the lane, if she's a decent player. She has so much in her kit, but if I think of removing any type of skill, she would seem kind of useless :/ I don't know, it's sort of a hard topic, considering LB is either really weak in the category or very strong.

PrinceOfStorms1 votes

Easy. Leblanc can no longer reactivate R-W to return to her original location.

biobirbbyy1 votes

LeBlanc is known for her burst and mobility. Although I hate it, she is kinda like teemo. She can't be totally be changed. BUUUTTT she definitely needs to be nerfed. I think we should nerf her mobility, meaning how she can play so aggressive and be extremely safe at the same time. So, i think she shouldnt be able to reactivate her w. Just my idea

Sightless661 votes

If she's only made 4 appearances at Worlds and she's not having a huge impact in solo queue, then she's probably fine. She's not winning a ton of games, and while she's still pretty popular she's not showing up that much more often than the average. She can be kind of annoying, but she's not in a place to be nerfed.

I don't there's much to really be done for playing against her. Her defining characteristics are single-target bursty damage and mobility, and while she is very strong in both categories, she's well below-average in pretty much every other category. Even if she wins lanes and doesn't get ganked because of her strengths, she has a very hard time converting that into winning games. To some degree, this is just how she's going to be.

MeleeNuke1 votes

Ok, so maybe she doesn't win more games than usual, but she is still ridiculously antifun to play against.

l Helios l1 votes

Part of being an assassin is mobility, but if the only way to efficiently kill a champion is to hard cc them or burst them in a 1.5 second window, then something out to be done. Personally, reducing some of her damage is a good approach. That can be a compensating factor for the mobility aspect, or vice versa. Either way, one champion shouldn't have everything in its kit.

MeleeNuke1 votes

Thanks everyone, it's nice to see what we as the community wants.

Lugg1 votes

LB's problem is that she is way too safe for the amount of burst damage she has.

She can dash in, do a ton of damage, and dash out without much counterplay most of the time. Plus, if you do manage to catch her, her passive easily lets her escape.

She needs to be a hit and run assassin who has to wear you down and then kills you.

Abyssphere1 votes

I don't really see why you'd want to nerf her unless you're hoping to make her unviable to the extent that you just never play against her again. If that's the case, you should be suggesting a rework rather than a nerf. She's most definitely not too strong - if she was anyone else people would be suggesting buffs.

She just feels stronger than she is when she does well because she's so damn frustrating to face.

High Score1 votes

nerf her range? she doesnt even have much unless your taking about the distance the other person needs to extend out of to break the chain

SIayton1 votes

I think her biggest issue is her mobility. Her return blink needs to have a smaller window or force her to remain at the first location for a little while longer before swapping back. She's too difficult to trade with effectively for a lot of champions.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

She's your typical feast or famine assassin. If she doesn't get ahead then she's trash for the rest of the game. If she gets even a little lead she's gonna destroy the enemy team.

Nothing is more frustrating when you are 1500 range away from her, and gets sniped and killed in 0.02 seconds. How fun! Sure, other assassins do that too (ahem Rengar), but they have more than one use other than just killing shit. Even Fizz, an AP assassin, can be more useful than an LB anytime, anywhere.

It's the nature of her kit that makes her either super strong or super weak, nothing else. Tip the numbers, she's pick/ban status. Make a liiittle too low, she's trash tier. If people want her to be "healthy" then a full rework is what she needs.

Or just delete that trash champ and everyone would be happy :^) /s

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