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Please Read, Sincerely a Pre-rework LeBlanc Main

Mr Mochí·5/21/2017, 1:07:06 AM·17 votes·1,633 views

The LeBlanc rework succeeded in giving LeBlanc more interaction with her abilities (aka wave clear with her WQ, E instant passive proc with root, and a unique ultimate) but it failed the community as a whole by introducing a cancerous (meaning low counter-play) assassin that now plays similarly to a control mage with a slower burst window. Because of needed nerfs, LeBlanc now uses a Gunblade item 3146 to pull off her burst. A hybrid item being built on a character with no hybrid scaling is more efficient than bulding straight ap. This should be an obvious sign that the character's kit is severely flawed. One of the flaws is the hard cc in her kit. Roots work great, amazingly even, for control mages since they are relatively immobile and/or squishy Lux Morgana Ryze Swain Karma Zyra but on an assassin it leads to a situation that provides very little counter-play since it confirms their damage while keeping them safe at the same time. Below are my proposed changes

Passive : (Unchanged) Sigil of Malice INNATE: LeBlanc's spells mark affected enemies with Sigil of Malice for 4 seconds. The Sigil charges over the next 1.5 seconds, after which LeBlanc's next spell that hits the target will shatter it to deal 30 - 300 (based on level) (+ 80% AP) bonus magic damage.

Q : (UNCHANGED) Shatter Orb RANGE: 700 SPEED: 2000 COST: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 MANA COOLDOWN: 6 ACTIVE: LeBlanc projects an orb towards the target enemy, dealing magic damage. MAGIC DAMAGE: 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 (+ 50% AP) If Shatter Orb triggers Sigil of Malice, the orb bounces to the closest charged Sigil and damages its next target, dealing 80% damage to minions. MINION REBOUND DAMAGE: 44 / 72 / 100 / 128 / 156 (+ 40% AP)

W : (NEW PASSIVE and BUFF) Distortion RANGE: 600 SPEED: 1600 COST: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 MANA COOLDOWN: 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 FIRST CAST: LeBlanc dashes to the target location, damaging all nearby enemies upon arrival and leaving a return pad at the cast location for 4 seconds. After a delay, she can activate Distortion's second cast at no additional cost. MAGIC DAMAGE: 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+ 20% AP) (BUFF) MAGIC DAMAGE : 60 / 75 / 105 / 120 (+ 45 % AP) Distortion 2 SECOND CAST: LeBlanc blinks to Distortion's return pad.

(NEW!!!) Passive: Upon gaining a kill or assist refreshes internal cooldown. (Still can return to pad if kill occurs before 4 seconds)

E : (NEW!!!) Mimic RANGE: Self COST: 60 MANA COOLDOWN : 24 / 20 / 16 / 12 / 8 ACTIVE : LeBlanc enters stealth for 3 / 4 / 5 seconds creating a mimic of herself that attacks the nearest enemy with the most recent spell cast by LeBlanc. The mimic deals 25% damage and applies Sigil of Malice if it is not alread on cooldown. If the mimic takes damage or completes its action (cannot be destroyed mid cast) the mimic will be destroyed.

R : (NEW!!!) Shadow of the Rose RANGE : 800 SPEED : 2000 COST : 100 / 150 / 200 MANA COOLDOWN : 54 / 46 / 38 ACTIVE : Leblanc fires thin skill shot that damages all enemies in a line applying SIgil of Malice MAGIC DAMAGE : 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 65% AP)

Having two AOE spells allows LeBlanc to utilize her Q in multiple situations not just for waveclear and single target damage. As a trade off, the short range on her R forces LeBlanc to get next to her targets in order to hit multiple targets.

Currently LeBlanc does not feel like an illusion assassin, rarely does high elo effectively utilize her RR other than as a blue trinket item 3363, and currently requires a gunblade item 3146 to pull off her combo. This does not mean you CANNOT be successful with her current state, but the toxicity of it leads to nerfs and ultimately does not get picked because there are other champions who do what LeBlanc currently does but better. Ahri Zed Akali Fizz Kassadin Katarina Khazix Rengar

10 Comments

Lebłanc Bot5/21/2017, 1:29:03 AM2 votes

This is a really great idea. I would say shorten the 1.5 second charge time to a flat 1 second tho. TBH I would want a revert more than anything else but this is a good start.

An Undead brat5/21/2017, 5:58:47 AM2 votes

I like it, like really, someone might miss the double Distortion when they want to, but I think that a single Distortion combined with new Mimic would create much more interesting pattern.

What might be a real (but easily solved) problem is: I don't know how much you shifted her mana costs, but as I recall, current R does not cost any mana, right? And Shadow of the Rose's mana cost is nuts. I understand you'd like to start rather with weaker than broken, but I think going with 100 mana at all ranks shouldn't be a problem.

Sexy Jack Rabbit5/21/2017, 6:37:14 AM2 votes

I feel like allowing the clone to deal damage or at least be somewhat more convincing in other ways was a given. But come her rework in the Assassin Update they kind of dumped the whole idea and made it into a rarely used gimmick.

Civafu5/21/2017, 12:30:57 PM2 votes

You don't need gunblade to 100-0 someone as leblanc tho.

Not enough time to read the full post (will do later today or tomorrow) but I think the reason leblanc is weak (more like the reason she falls, since her early game is still good) is because the current meta has strong peeling with shields, heal and CC, blocking a big part of leblanc's burst or preventing her to always use it on the ADC during teamfights.

Fondling Gems5/22/2017, 12:47:50 AM1 votes

Surprised we haven't seen any memes saying that the obvious solution to a champ like LB building a hybrid item when she only has AP scalings is to give her an AD scaling so no one can complain.