What am I supposed to do against a fed leblanc?

Arakadia·May 16, 2016·3 votes·1,066 views

I can't dodge her Q or W, and when she W's up to me that close I can't dodge her E. She can escape/chase me due to her hyper mobility. She can gapclose so effectively and after Morrello's it feels like she has no mana problems and super low cooldowns. Her root is very hard to break, you can't flash out of it if she just W'd to you. Any help? I don't know if she is broken, but its so hard to play against her. She bursts me before I can react and she is so safe. Her harass is so strong too, and her passive just adds to how safe she is with that 1 second stealth too. I really could use some tips besides "Build MR bronze skrub."

16 Comments

Br4ndonMay 16, 20162 votes

Hope she doesnt decide that youre not allowed to play anymore.

Rand0mH3r0XMay 16, 20161 votes

2 Items that nullify her damage and ability to hurt you:

item 3140 To remove her Root Why even bother? Because this allows her to maintain a subversive power over you while she's waiting on her cooldowns. A good Le Blanc will bait you to use this and then attack you during it's cooldown.

item 3102 To Avoid Damage and Bait an Ability This should be obvious. In a 1v1, Le Blanc has to use an ability to remove your spell shield, it's unlikely she'll use her Q, R, or E so you have a chance to bait her first ability and make her waste it. At the very least, she will dash to you to remove it then Q-R to deal damage, which means she loses her ability to second cast E and relies on the previous spot being safe enough for her to go back to which then your team can wait at that spot while you dish out your own damage. A good Le Blanc will dash first to remove the spell shield, because her dash is on a lower cooldown than the shield.

Le Blanc's Passive allows to remain invisible for a short period and spawn a clone. Having a true sight item is important here because a Le Blanc at this stage has used all her abilities and completely on cooldown. This period buys her an extra second which is very important, by using true sight you can take this precious time away from her and strike her down. item 3348 item 2047 item 3364 item 3185 Allow True Sight.

For the best opposition to Le Blanc, I'd personally choose either Talon or Twisted Fate. There is some degree of skill involved in laning Le Blanc to avoid being Q-R'd to death.

DaxanaterMay 16, 20164 votes

I mean, no ones gonna rush a qss during laning phase but she can sill 1 shot you without her root and remember she can just e, wait for your qss then use her r.

The banshiees part well, it can work out on some champs but not all of them.

Rand0mH3r0XMay 16, 20163 votes

He said fed, meaning post-laning phase and on your second item.

Regardless: Rule of thumb, If your laner is ahead, you should buy survivability not damage.

Banshees is something I'd run on Twisted Fate, but not on Talon. (My 2 picks).

Edit: I forgot to mention skill level. There isn't a single thing to stop Le Blanc, then that would make Le Blanc utterly useless, but QSS and Banshees open up options and counterplay. You don't have to act like my input is invalid because League can be like a game of MOBA chess, that's just how it is.

ArakadiaMay 16, 20161 votes

Ok, thanks alot. This helps and I will make sure to follow this! :D

MunchCrunchLunchMay 16, 20161 votes

are you serious? lb kills you with her W->R if you don't have hp and a bunch of mr. she doesn't give a damn about the root. hell she can kill a squishie with just her Q-Q combo. am serious

Rand0mH3r0XMay 16, 20162 votes

What you build first is situational. A 20% reduction in Magic damage off of a 800 DMG Q-R is 160 Damage, a Ruby Stone essentially.

ZT XperimentorMay 16, 20161 votes

Thanks to riot's snowballing & flashy items, any assassin can now impersonate leblanc's telefragging methods. Pretty much the only things I've found that reasonably work to take down such frustrating foes are these. -> Targeted hard crowd control; I'm taking moakai's rooting twisted advance, blitzcrank's pop-up powerfist, fiddlestick's fearing terrify, ext. -> Area of Effect disruption; such as chogath's silencing feral scream, amumu's stunning curse, nautilus' chain-pop-up depth charge, ext. -> Then hope that your team can kill them during the time they're effectively disabled; or save your burst for killing them when one of your teammates disables them.

Irelia BotMay 16, 20161 votes

hope you have a caitlyn

Or die

KnKitsuneMay 16, 20161 votes

Pray....

MunchCrunchLunchMay 16, 20161 votes

one time as ezreal i had to buy both banshees. and maws. as one of them wouldn't stop her from one shotting me. factually. i think she has the highest burst in the game of any champions. both her ratios and base damages. are extreme. sure veigar has more if he farms but only 3 of his spells do damage and other than his ult its much harder for him to land anything and hes immobile.

if your ad. getting maws. is not enough against leblanc. hell get merc treads and maws. and she will still one shot you. as zed i got one shotted by an lb at level 18. i was level 18 as well and more fed. i had maws and i didnt see the shield pop i just got evaporated. you'd have to get 2 mr items or 1 mr and a health item to not get 1 shotted by her. its ridiculous to how easy for her to land her combo. its why shes the only assassin that gets played in the mid lane in pro play because she has no risk and yet she does so much damage while being extremely mobile.

what do you do? well. tell your team to group and you better pray your team has 2 tanks and some cc. if your whole team is squishie she can legit instagib 2 people with W distortion ult. and tell your support to get locket

VesarixxMay 16, 20161 votes

You actually can dodge W, once you get that down consistently you can really tilt leblanc players

CR4ZYRONDH4VIMay 16, 20161 votes

Take exhaust from the start of the matchup to eliminate the one shot and build accordingly. For example, if you're playing Azir Azir , then build a negation clock first to eliminate the one shots and to keep her from snowballing.

SpookyNeedleMay 16, 20161 votes

What do you do vs a ~~fed~~ any fizz?

Athenes LuluMay 16, 20161 votes

Build MR. Plenty of choices for anyone, even for APCs/ADCs.
Wait out for the game, but make sure to stop giving her kills.
???
Profit.

You won't get instant results, but if you're patient and/or play smart enough, you can actually see LB falling off as you/your teammates catch up to her burst.

Pika FoxMay 16, 20161 votes

Build defensively and outscale her. She has limited team utility, so if youre able to build in a way in which she cant kill you, she is by default less effective than you are.

Also, be sure to be ontop of wards as well as trying to keep your lane pushed. Even if shes capable of 100->0ing you, if she cant go to other lanes and get kills off of it she wont be able to do anything with her kills on you. Any time shes mia, let your team know. Any time a ward spots her, ping it so people see. Even if you lose to her, she loses if she cannot do anything, because her lack of utility makes her a one trick pony lategame, and if she cannot get to your carry her being alive doesnt matter.