So does LeBlanc have too much safety for an assassin?

well... realtive to Zed - no relative to Talon - yupp, too save

She used to with her silence, but she literally has to jump on an opponent's face to get her full power combo.

With opponents being able to fight back when she bounces in, she needs to chose her battles more carefully.

leblanc? you mean LE'DUNK!!!

Yeah, she's pretty safe in lane and is basically the definition of mid-lane dominance. She's really annoying to play against, but not hard to win against. If she doesn't go like 10/0 in the first 15 minutes and snowball both her side lanes, then she just turns into a useless champ that can maybe get off one combo in teamfights, not necessarily even on the enemy squishies. She's most useful in cheese killing the enemy in the jungle post 15-minutes. Basically a 4v5 or a 4v4 for your team.

Basically, I think her power-curve is too jacked. She needs less power early so she doesn't just auto-win lane with her burst and her ability to juke skill-shots with her W and passive. She also needs to be more useful late than just cheese-kills too. Probably needs a re-work in general.

Pick Brand and strut away as your ult punishes LeBlancs passive....over and over and over again.

Seems like OP is hoping for people to agree - and not getting anyone to.

When LB had the silence, you weren't able to retaliate. Her one "CC" move now not only has a delay it also requires her to stay in range.

She's pretty mobile, but she's not nearly as safe as she used to be, and that was accomplished just by removing silence.

I see Zed as far more problematic these days - it's far easier to manage energy than mana, especially with the recent itemization changes.