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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Mirror Image (PASSIVE)
LeBlanc Passive Ability
Introduction
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Please read this whole guide and try it in game multiple times before giving thumbs up or down just based on what you read. Do not expect this guide to help you win every game, but this will help you get a much better grasp on
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Please read the whole guide and give me constructive criticism in the comments section! Let me know what you do/don't like for future guides that I write.
Pros
Cons
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Insane damage dealer
Very mobile (triple flash)
Very easy to gank with
Multiple forms of cc
Almost impossible to gank early game
Will beat almost any ap carry in mid lane
The perfect Ahri stomper
Cons
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Very squishy
Focused in almost every fight
Easily countered with silence
Falls off late game
Preferred Runes
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WHY PER LEVEL OVER FLATS?
I chose per level seals over flat seals because flats give 0.41 mana per 5, per levels give 0.065 mana per 5 per level. By the time you hit level 7, your per level seals are now giving you 0.45 mana per 5, already higher than the flats and it only gets higher from there. It will continue to raise until level 18.
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Abilities
sigil of silence
Mirror Image : Mirror image is a nice passive because it gives you a slight deceive effect. Once you get below 40% health, you go invisible for a half of a second and a clone of you pops up beside you. This clone is fully capable of moving and attacking (will not do damage).
sigil of silence Sigil of Silence (Q) : Sigil of silence is your main skill. It is your main damage source when paired with
Mimic and offers a lot of cc. These two skills used together can easily take out more than 70% of another players health depending on items.
Distortion (W) : Distortion is an amazing gap closer. I always make sure to get this skill at level 2 to avoid any early ganks from the enemy jungler, and paired with your Sigil of Silence it makes an amazing nuke and silence. Paired with
Mimic will give you a double flash, making escaping or chasing an enemy a very easy task.
Ethereal Chains (E) : Ethereal chains is a very nice skill, it is a skill shot slow/stun. It is a fairly easy skill shot to hit and will allow you to get a lot of free hits on your enemy. If you can use this skill correctly, it should allow you to use Sigil of Silence and then stun them with
Ethereal Chains and use Sigil of Silence again before they even become unstunned.
Mimic (R) : Mimic is
LeBlanc's number one skill. It offers so many possibilities, whether it be a nuke of 70% of your opponents health, a double stun, or a double flash. Using this skill in combo with any of your other skills all have their own benefits.
Main Offensive Combo (Most damage)
sigil of silence >>
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>> sigil of silence
You have to use this combo very fast, I suggest using smart casting. By default, it is set to the Shift button. So to do this combo, you would press Shift-Q, Shift-R, Shift-W, Shift-E, Shift-Q. Hold Shift and hit QRWEQ fairly quickly, while aiming your mouse at your target (no clicks required while smart casting).
Triple Flash
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This is your best escape mechanism as LeBlanc, you have three flashes and it would be fairly hard to get ganked with all 3 of them up, unless you get silenced. Use your
Flash, and then your
Distortion and then your
Mimic.
Safe Distance Harass
>> sigil of silence >>
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This is the fastest combo you will do, so you need to smart cast for this. Stand behind your minions slightly. Then use your
Distortion to get into range of your enemy, hold shift and hit Sigil of Silence and
Mimic on your enemy very quickly so that both spells fire at the same time. Then use your
Distortion to go back to your original position.
Easy Silence to Other Casters in Middle
sigil of silence >>
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Just get into range to hit your Sigil of Silence and once you hit that, your
Distortion can reach the enemy. So hit your Sigil of Silence and then your
Distortion twice really fast so you go to the enemy, silence them (and damage them a lot because of sigil of silence's mark that got placed on them) and return to your original position safely.
First Blood Combo (once you hit level 6, use this combo)
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>> sigil of silence >>
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This is also another very fast combo that will require smart casting. When you hit level 5, occasionally hit your enemy with a few
Mimic's so that they are at about 70% health (should take about 2). Once you hit level 6,
Flash into range of your
Distortion, use your
Distortion to damage them, and then Sigil of Silence,
Mimic,
Ignite for the kill.
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sigil of silence Sigil of Silence (Q) : Sigil of silence is your main skill. It is your main damage source when paired with
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Combos
Main Offensive Combo (Most damage)
sigil of silence >>
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You have to use this combo very fast, I suggest using smart casting. By default, it is set to the Shift button. So to do this combo, you would press Shift-Q, Shift-R, Shift-W, Shift-E, Shift-Q. Hold Shift and hit QRWEQ fairly quickly, while aiming your mouse at your target (no clicks required while smart casting).
Triple Flash
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This is your best escape mechanism as LeBlanc, you have three flashes and it would be fairly hard to get ganked with all 3 of them up, unless you get silenced. Use your
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Safe Distance Harass
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This is the fastest combo you will do, so you need to smart cast for this. Stand behind your minions slightly. Then use your
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Easy Silence to Other Casters in Middle
sigil of silence >>
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Just get into range to hit your Sigil of Silence and once you hit that, your
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First Blood Combo (once you hit level 6, use this combo)
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This is also another very fast combo that will require smart casting. When you hit level 5, occasionally hit your enemy with a few
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Starting Items
Aggressive -
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Defensive -
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Balanced -
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Aggressive
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this should be built into (depending on how your game is going)
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Defensive
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your boots will be built into either
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Balanced
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I generally only go this item path if I'm up against a
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Early Game Items - Summary
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(depending on how you laning phase went and what you can afford)
This section is where your items will vary quite a bit usually.
Rabadons Deathcap : Your main item as
LeBlanc because it allows you so much nuking power. This item alone gives 182 ability power, not including any other items, runes or masteries.
Zhonya's Hourglass : The active on this item is amazing for
LeBlanc because of her short cooldowns. If you are being chased and your
Distortion has a 4 second cooldown, you can use the active on this item to safely reduce it to 2 seconds and buy yourself a lot of time to think of your escape path (also great for countering
Caitlyn,
Karthus and
Fizz ultimates).
Deathfire Grasp : I love this item on
LeBlanc. I can't count how many kills I've gotten by waiting in the river bush near dragon and using this combo.
Deathfire Grasp >> Sigil of Silence >>
Mimic >>
Distortion.
This will kill almost any enemy champion in the mid/late game phase.
Lich Bane : This item, in my opinion, goes hand in hand with the above combo.
Deathfire Grasp >> Sigil of Silence >>
Mimic >>
Distortion >>
Lich Bane proc.
This above combo will also kill almost any champion, but this goes on towards the later phase. I also enjoy getting Lich Bane to keep sustained damage while I'm laning. Using Sigil of Silence and following up with a direct auto attack will total in damage in the high hundreds every 3-4 seconds.
Void Staff : This is a great item while fighting a team that is building tanky to counter you, which they should be considering you should be very fed by this point in the game. If no champion is hard countering you, pick another item that would fit your situation from the viable items section.
Morello's Evil Tome : I usually get this item right after my
Rabadon's Deathcap to give myself more CDR so I can be a lot more aggressive in lane, but that just fits my playstyle because I like having 40% CDR and spamming my whole combo every 18 seconds (usually resulting in a kill).
Rod of Ages : I tend to find myself buying
Rod of Ages against champions that are giving me a hard time early game, such as
Kassadin or
Sion. Of course build Catalyst the Protector first so that the passive can help you out in lane and then build into it as soon as you can since it takes 10 minutes to have its full effect.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter : This item is great because of the extra health that it gives if you're having trouble staying alive. The passive shouldn't come into play much as
LeBlanc because your job is to finish people off in one single combo, not to give them a chance to run at all so they shouldn't need to be slowed.
Archangel's Staff : I don't ever buy this item on
LeBlanc because I don't think the games will usually last long enough to make use of its full potential, but if you have a game that you think will drag out long enough to maximize its passive then by all means, buy this amazing item. I like to stack them and add a
Rabadon's Deathcap resulting in numbers easily surpassing 800 ability power.
Banshee's Veil : I can't count how many times this item has allowed me to get a kill, because it stopped me from getting silenced by
Kassadin or stunned by
Sion before I was able to pull off my combo. If the enemy team is very cc heavy, I suggest getting this item to counter them because you can not find yourself being unable to cast or you're pretty much useless.
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This will kill almost any enemy champion in the mid/late game phase.
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This above combo will also kill almost any champion, but this goes on towards the later phase. I also enjoy getting Lich Bane to keep sustained damage while I'm laning. Using Sigil of Silence and following up with a direct auto attack will total in damage in the high hundreds every 3-4 seconds.
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Viable Items
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Please note the following.
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I am not claiming to be the best at LeBlanc or even close to it.
I am not claiming that this guide will help you win every game.
I am not claiming that these are the only viable items/runes/masteries for LeBlanc.
I am claiming that if you read the guide carefully, you will become a better LeBlanc.
May 9, 2012 : Guide created, added introduction, runes, and masteries.
May 12, 2012 : Added three general tips for
LeBlanc.
May 14, 2012 : Added abilities + combo tips.
May 15, 2012 : Added one general tip for
LeBlanc and the early game item section.
May 18, 2012 : Added mid/late game items and viable items section.
May 12, 2012 : Added three general tips for
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May 14, 2012 : Added abilities + combo tips.
May 15, 2012 : Added one general tip for
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May 18, 2012 : Added mid/late game items and viable items section.
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