That's if you're playing her as an assassin. She is really good at peeling lategame, which people don't take advantage of because they just want to one-shot things. This also gives you a chance to show off your technical skills with sikk jukes and mad combos.

Gaslo

Finland951 Posts

August 05 2012 12:40 GMT

#82

LB too good in blind picks. I wanted to add some assasins to my champ list, and started toying around with LB, i think i am something like 7 wins 0 losses in blind picks, and 70/8/50 in stats... Once i almost got the courage to try her in ranked, but someone dodged instantly so no luck. My ranked elo is a lot higher then my normal, so will be funny to see how she works there... Have been going 2-3 dorans -> DFG -> raba -> void. But don't really know what to get after that. Maybe zhonyas for more AP + escapes?

schmutttt

Australia3856 Posts

August 05 2012 13:50 GMT

#83

On August 05 2012 21:40 Gaslo wrote:
LB too good in blind picks. I wanted to add some assasins to my champ list, and started toying around with LB, i think i am something like 7 wins 0 losses in blind picks, and 70/8/50 in stats... Once i almost got the courage to try her in ranked, but someone dodged instantly so no luck. My ranked elo is a lot higher then my normal, so will be funny to see how she works there... Have been going 2-3 dorans -> DFG -> raba -> void. But don't really know what to get after that. Maybe zhonyas for more AP + escapes?

LB isn't as good when you can actually see what the other team is picking. They can just throw Morgana or Mordekaiser at you and assuming equal skill you will lose lane.

Your build is fine but Zhonyas depends on enemy team, AP heavy means abyssal and AD heavy Zhonyas, if a mix I prefer abyssal but that's just me.

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

August 05 2012 16:02 GMT

#84

A good choice after DFG/DCAP/VS is actually Rylai's. It helps you to be a bit more effective in kiting and peeling for your ad carry after your initial burst. LeBlanc's E is absolute bane for melee bruisers. The extra HP can also help you survive slightly longer.

nath

United States1788 Posts

September 11 2013 03:17 GMT

#85

bump to ask about support lb, i dont think its viable as a regular pick but was just wondering what we can theorycraft about it, and what problems would arise in high-level play running lb+(a good early game/skirmishing adc) botlane.

if it was even remotely viable what is a good starting build? i've ran mana manipulator + wards and faerie + wards/pots.

my thought is you can really fuck up the enemy adc and at least zone them from cs...have no idea if it has any niche or not. also its potentially good vs other aggressive botlanes since if they try to dive your adc, your counter burst is probably higher than any botlane combo pre-6. /shittyopinion

miicah

Australia2470 Posts

September 11 2013 04:21 GMT

#86

Maybe something like 9/0/21, taking ignite mastery + CDR in offense. Run ignite/flash.

Mpen marks, armor yellows, scaling AP blues and AP quints. You shouldn't be getting hit by anything but this could change if they had an aggressive jungler or support with hard CC. Maybe mpen reds, armor yellows, MR blues and HP quints for a safe lane.

Start with 2 pinks/2 greens + mana potions. Probably want to get sightstone first as you are squishy, then a CDR item. Building AP might help, so Kage's I guess.

I'd imagine it would do excellently vs burst lanes, melee supports and junglers with no gapclosers (lol).

SidianTheBard

United States2474 Posts

September 11 2013 07:46 GMT

#87

Shit, if I was running LB support I'd just start Dorans + 1 green ward. Make sure to get explorer ward as well so you have "2" wards (lol). (or say fk it yoloqueue and don't go utility) You should be able to all-in fairly easily at level 2 because the damage you can do alone is very strong, especially with the silence.

Definitely get sightstone first. Then it depends, usually morellos is a great item that has a nice buildup if you're getting multiple kills. Otherwise grab a kages and keep buying pinks/oracles. Can always go for a majei's too since LB is very hard to kill if played properly. Even as support you should be able to stack it up nicely.

miicah

Australia2470 Posts

February 14 2014 14:06 GMT

#88

Played against a brand tonight using the korean build (Max W and rush athenes), it seemed like he could stun me through my W? Like I W towards him and he threw a Q and it always seemed to hit me.

Duvon

Sweden2360 Posts

February 14 2014 15:25 GMT

#89

Well W isn't a blink on the way forward is it? You can see her model swooshing forward, just really really quickly. The return is a blink though.

This was also seen in yesterdays game with Svenskeren Vi-Qing xPeke out of W.

Sufficiency

Canada23833 Posts

February 14 2014 18:48 GMT

#90

W is a dash and not a blink. If you W across the Veigar E you will get stunned and die a horrible death.

Hyperbola

United States2538 Posts

February 27 2014 13:40 GMT

#91

I've been playing LeBlanc recently and I'm confused about what her actual role in a teamfight is. I tend to stand in the back lines and try to burst down someone in the front lines but that seems like a waste, especially if the front line is all tanks. Her ability to actually snipe ADCs is quite limited when you have hard CC on the enemy team (which is all the time). I tried playing her as a sort of split pusher where I would abuse my hover board to clear minion waves but it seems like I'd be a lot more valuable actually contributing to the fight. So what exactly am I supposed to be doing? Maybe some sort of guerrilla warfare where I distract the enemy and disorganize their team? Please give me your insights.

Duvon

Sweden2360 Posts

February 27 2014 14:05 GMT

#92

Distract and disorganize seems to be the name of the game. Wait in bushes for supports to ward, use that mobility to approach battle from weird angles to get the ADC easily. In some of this seasons LCS games you can see how pro's made her both work and fail.

ConanTroutman

Canada67 Posts

May 13 2015 11:54 GMT

#93

I know this thread is super old but I wanted to get some thoughts on what some of the generally accepted Leblanc builds are at the moment. I've been told it's not ideal, however I've been having very good results with Luden's rush (almost always solokill my lane opponent). I see a lot of people go Morello's first but my experience with LB thus far haven't found myself running into mana problems and haven't valued CDR a great deal on her. That said, I'm still new to the champ so I'm open to suggestions how to play her more optimally.

Build path is usually

1-2 Doran's > Luden's > Void/Rabadon's > Zhonya's/Morello's

saddaromma

1129 Posts

May 14 2015 04:21 GMT

#94

Does she even work in this tank meta? I rarely see her and when she's picked even a semi-coordinated team shits on her. She gets her like initial 7-8 kills and thats it. You can practically ignore her after 30 min with well positioned adc.

gobbledydook

Australia2603 Posts

May 14 2015 07:36 GMT

#95

Definitely works. There's always an opportunity to go in