Leblanc is gonna have a field day.

Bârd·Mar 16, 2018·3 votes·346 views

The changes to the game since LB has been away will cause it to favor her immensely.

Runes and Item changes are also big, but I'll just focus on the new champions.

The following champions were released after Leblanc's rework. The following champions have received reworks since Leblanc's rework

Out of these champions, I can't see many faces that would actually do well against the new LB. (SA) will all get blown up by a single rotation. (Rhaast) will get blown up slightly less quickly, but will die nonetheless. will be mincemeat in the early game, since he is really damn squishy until he gets items. won't die to her, but won't be able to get her killed. are the only new faces I can confidently say will be able to deal with her.

So many champions who have never known the terror of the Q-R double tap instagib.

So much fresh meat.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

15 Comments

nm1010Mar 16, 20182 votes

Swain does, and will continue to, fuck LeBlanc up.

BârdMar 16, 20181 votes

Late game? Absolutely.

Thing is, this version of Leblanc is notorious for snowballing the early game.

With Swain's short range, Leblanc will usually be able to either zone him out of farm or get a solo kill in early laning, which sets back his scaling.

nm1010Mar 16, 20181 votes

I don't think you play the match up, Swain is never bullied by LeBlanc after level 2 (unless he severely fucks up). There is a reason LeBlanc is one of Swain's best match ups.

BârdMar 16, 20182 votes

Against the current LB, yeah he's great.

LB takes too long to do her damage, and can't W Swain without taking a shotgun to the face.

Reverted LB is a different story.

Currently, a level 3 LB with a Dorans Ring (not including runes) deals 42 damage from her passive, 63 from her Q, 43 from W, and 95 from E. 243 total damage from one full rotation, over the course of 1.5 seconds.

With the revert, her Q deals 122 damage, her W deals 94, and her E deals 134. 350 damage, a 44% increase in your damage potential. Combine that with ignite (also being buffed next patch) and electrocute and you have a very scary lane bully.

Hell, that's not even getting into her ult... q-r is a scary amount of damage.

nm1010Mar 16, 20181 votes

With the revert, her Q deals 122 damage, her W deals 94, and her E deals 134. 350 damage, a 44% increase in your damage potential. Combine that with ignite (also being buffed next patch) and electrocute and you have a very scary lane bully.

She also takes minion aggro in fights, has a severe wave clear disadvantage, and has an effective range disadvantage. If LeBlanc waits for e to proc Swain can almost guarantee a W hit which gives an almost guaranteed e hit. Let's look at the realistic trade

LeBlanc deals 350 damage as you mentioned

Swain deals 104 (Q), 100 (W), 70 (E), 30 (P), and heals for ~53 hp. That is 304 damage + 53 hp total without a doran's ring. Mix in the 2-3 caster minion autos LB will take (15 per auto from 3 casters) and that is an additional 90-135 damage. LB just never wins this trade.

Hell, that's not even getting into her ult... q-r is a scary amount of damage.

If LeBlanc ever jumps at Swain and uses ult q Swain will kill her unless she is under tower. Just wait for her to go back on distortion and press e (you out range her w heavily), if it lands you just pull LB into w and r. She has no w or r so she will just flash or die every time.

SwiftKitten88Mar 16, 20182 votes

i really don't know why they are reverting Leblanc of all champs... her rework, alongside Khazix , were the ONLY two successful reworks in the assassin update.

BârdMar 16, 20181 votes

What?

Out of the major reworks, Talon Katarina were amazing, while Leblanc Rengar were made more clunky.

As for the minor reworks, Ekko was successful in stopping him from building tank, Khazix was indeed cool, Akali was given more room to express skill (if only as a band-aid before a larger rework), and Fizz was made slightly less cancerous.. Shaco Zed were wholly mediocre.

SwiftKitten88Mar 16, 20181 votes

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What?

Out of the major reworks, were amazing, while were made more clunky.

As for the minor reworks, was successful in stopping him from building tank, was indeed cool, was given more room to express skill (if only as a band-aid before a larger rework), and was made slightly less cancerous.. were wholly mediocre.

when i am talking about a rework being successful i am talking about the rework succeeding in doing what the rework was designed to do. which was to give the champion more counterplay

the lb rework succeeded in giving lb MUCH more counterplay.

the kat rework made it much WORSE for players to deal with her. i would LOVE for kat to be reverted. kat was simple to deal with. now with how mnay times she gets a free shunpo its damn near impossible to hit her with anything except auto attacks unless she walks into it.

talon also made him MORE of a pain to deal with rather than giving him more "counterplay"

infact Katarina and Talon were the absolutely WORST in that regard as they were flat out massive buffs to the champions. that make them even more of a nightmare to deal with.