Every city has its dark side, even one whose reputation is already of a questionable hue. Noxus - though its name is already invoked with a mixture of reverence and revulsion - is no exception to this simple truth. Deep within the winding dungeons that honeycomb the earth beneath its dark, meandering streets lies the real underbelly of this sprawling metropolis, a haven for all manner of malevolence. Amongst the cults, covens, and secret societies that call this labyrinth their home, LeBlanc, the Deceiver, presides over the Black Rose, a remnant from a lost, yet similarly unscrupulous time in Noxian history. Ruthless and seemingly ageless, LeBlanc and her ilk were a mainstay in Noxian political affairs during the era before the militarization of the Noxian government. In those days, this guild of powerful magicians met in secret to further their hidden agenda, and to hone a craft more subtle than that preferred by those currently in power.

While their exact motives have always remained mysterious, it was widely believed that the Black Rose was the true power behind the throne while the aristocracy still reigned in Noxus. When raw martial prowess became the ultimate determination of whose will held sway in the Empire, the Black Rose seemed to vanish overnight. Many believed that perhaps their time had simply passed, and that its members had put aside their quests for social and political dominance. When LeBlanc reemerged at the gates of the Institute of War, however, it became clear that these masters of shadow and flame had simply been bidding their time, waiting for a new global authority to emerge: the League of Legends.

Adjudicator = Either an older beta tester, or a beta tester whose skill in game or feedback out of game have been noted. They are part of the volonteers and help test the upcoming patches.

Afk = Away From Keyboard.

Afaik = As far as i know.

Aoe = area of effect.

Ap = Ability Power. The stat which boosts the effectiveness of abilities.

Ad = Atack Damage. The stat which boosts your auto atacks damage.

As = Atack Speed. The stat which boosts your auto atacks speed.

ArP = Armor Penetration.

MrP = Magic Penetration.

Atm = At the moment.

Asap = As Soon As Possible.

B = back, fall back, enemy(s) coming for you!

Back = back, fall back, enemy(s) coming for you!

Backdoor= To attack the enemies towers and base without the assistance of your creep wave.

Bp, pill, pilling = blue pilling, going back to base.

Base, basing = blue pilling, going back to base.

Buff = A temporary increase to some stat(s) or condition.

Brush = The large grass present in LoL which allows your hero to be hidden to people outside of it.

Baron, nashor, worm, roshan, red creep = The big worm boss represented by a red skull on the minimap that gives a noticeable buff to the whole team when killed.

Bait = To deliberately appear in a position to be easily ganked so as to lure 1 or more players to be counter ganked by your team or to buy some time for other activities( Backdooring, Creeping Baron, Bp'ing back to base... ).

BG= Bad Game.

Build = How a champion and its summoner is built: Skills, Runes, Masteries...

Bearon = The Ultimate League of Legend Champion.

Brb = Be right back.

Care = Be careful, enemy(s) may be coming for you!

Carry = The hero who will carry your team to victory, typically they are weak early game and require a lot of farming.

Camp, camping, camper = To wait paciently for a enemy at a certain spot.

Cba = Can't be arsed.

Cd = Ability on cooldown(not ready for use).

Creeps = The AI controlled enemies who can be found in the jungle or on the lanes.

CC = Crowd control.

Champion = The particular character that you as the summoner control in-game.

Dd = Direct damage ability.

D, def, defend = To protect against a enemy attack/push on your base.

Debuff = A temporary decrease to some stat(s) or condition.

Disable = A Disable is a debuff that prevents some kind of action on the players character.

DIAF = Die in a fire.

Dps = Damage per second. Also refers to characters whose job it is to deal the greater majority of damage in fights.

Dota = Defense of the the Ancients. A mod for War3 that launched the moba genre.

Dc, disc = disconnection from a game.

Elo = The score a person has in the Ranking system.

Emissaries = Member who goes above and beyond to help new players ease their way into the community.

Faceroll/facepalm = (easymode) rolling your face on keyboard or to be in disbelief.

Focus = To target a player. A team all focus on a specific hero to kill first.

Feed = A player who dies constantly giving xp and gold to the enemy team.

Farm, farming = To amass gold.

FFS= For F*ck Sake.

Grass = see brush.

GG = Good game.

Gd = Good.

Gj = Good job.

Gl hf = Good luck, have fun.

Gtg, g2g = Got to go.

Gank = To carry out a sudden attack on a disadvantaged enemy.

Harass = To impede and exhaust by repeated attacks or raids.

Heal = To restore health and/or to go back to base.

Hero = Non-canon name for a champion.

Inc = Incoming.

Idd = Indeed.

IP = Influence Points.

Imba = Imbalanced.

Idk = I don't Know.

Idc = I don't Care.

Jungle, jungling = The mass of trees and paths that exist between the lanes. To farm in the jungle instead of a lane.

Juke, juking, dupe = To avoid, to dodge, to fool, to escape.

Ks, Ninja = Kill steal, to deal the killing blow on a enemy hero that a ally deserved to get the gold for dealing the greater majority of damage on.

Lane = One of three roads that leads to the enemy base.

Lom = Low on mana.

Last hit = Getting the killing blow.

LoL, lol = League of Legends, laughing out loud.

Lag = To experience slower internet giving you diminishing performances.

Leave, leaver = To quit a game before it is over.

L2P = Learn to play.

Lucker = To have good luck on a random event.

Masteries = The talent-tree system of LoL.

Mb = Maybe/myBad.

Moba = Multiplayer online battle arena.

Ms = Movement speed.

Missing, miss, -1 = Used to describe when a hero is missing from a lane.

Mia = Missing in action.

Neutrals, neuts = The AI controlled enemies who can be found in the jungle.

Noob = Bad player.

Newb = New player.

N1 = Nice one.

Overfed = A player who is op thanks to to many player kills giving him xp/gold.

Oom = Out of mana.

Omg = Oh My God!

Omw = On my way.

Op= Over powered.

Pro, pgm = Professional player/gamer.

Premade = People playing a pre-selected group.

Passive = An ability which is not activatable but buffs a character.

Pb-aoe = Point blank area of affect.

Pve = Player vs Environement.

Push = To gather up your forces and destroy the enemy base.

Ping = Your internet latency.

PUG = Pick-up game.

QQ = People crying/rage quitting.

Raqequit = To quit a game in anger.

Re = Hero that was missing is now back on his lane.

Rofl = Rolling on floor laughing.

Roflmao= Rolling on the floor laughing my *** off.

Runes = Refers to LoL's rune system.

Root = A debuff which prevents any movement by a champion.

River = The river that cuts across the map diagonally.

Shop, buy = To go back to base to go shopping for items.

Sigils = Temporary buffs granted to a player by defeating the Golem and the Elder Lizard creeps.

Skillshot = An ability that fires a projectile that can be juked.

Sry = Sorry.

Stun = A debuff which prevents any action by a champion.

Silence = A debuff which prevents any abilities being used by a champion.

Support = Characters whos job is to support other characters.

SS = Miss.

Skin = Items that give Champions a new look.

Summoner = The players representation in the game.

Top, mid, bottom = The lanes in LoL.

Tele, tp = To teleport.

Tank = Hero whose job is to take damage in team fights.

Talents = A non-canon term for masteries.

Theorycraft = Making calculations of efficiency of skills/items/builds.

Tbh = To be Honest.

Ty = Thank you.

Turtling = Is to play defensive, gaining xp and gold slowly while avoiding confrontation to slowly gain a advantage over the initially stronger enemy.

Ult, ultimate, ulti = The R button ability.

Unique = A non-stackable aura/passive.

Up = Underpowered.

Vent, ventrilo, ts, teamspeak, skype, mumble = Voice communication software used to coordinate as a team.

W8 = Wait.

Wp = Well played.

WrenchMan = Part of the volonteer's to help you solve pc related problemes.

Wth = what the hell.

Yw = You're welcome.

Y = Yes.

Credits to Hmmer of LoL's Forums.

Pros

Amazing Burst
Good CC
Extremely Mobile -- Able to hop over walls, etc.
Easy to play

Cons

Only single target Burst
Targetted first in Team fights.
No AoE CC.
Can be completely stopped from damaging with one well placed-Silence.
Hard to Master.

Ignite and Ghost

I chose these two spells as I find them the most useful when playing LeBlanc. Ghost is helpful for running away or for chasing people running from you. Ignite is well placed with ghost, as it is a nice DoT spell (Damage over Time) to pop and then run away on low health target.

Flash I feel this is absolutely useless with LeBlanc, as she already has two Flash-Like spells ( Distortion, and Mimic)

Clairvoyance
This spell is Decent, even though most people think not, the cooldown is amazingly short. It can be helpful to find people who hide in bushes a lot, or if someone on the other team is jungling. A quick Clairvoyance on Baron may also help you get a quick Ace.

Rally
Please, please, PLEASE, do not use this, every time this is used, God kills a kitten. A quite, white, little one too.

Clarity
If you don't start spamming your spells (Mostly single target, mind you!) on Minions, this will not be needed. Ever. LeBlanc DOES recall a lot the way I build her, so you should always have mana.

Fortify
This spell is better on tanks, and defensive characters. LeBlanc could use Clairvoyance
more to her advantage than this.

Teleport
If you REALLY want to give up ghost for this, be my guest. It can help with getting to places to gank, but running away and quick chases, this is NOT the best choice.

Cleanse
I find zero use for this as LeBlanc, as once your silenced, your chain is messed up anyhow.
So this is basically "You already killed my damage, so, I'm gonna unsilence myself to waste a cooldown"

Heal
Don't use this, ever. This may seem "OP" or "Awesome" at low levels, but then they pop Ignite on you and your dead.

Revive
This may be a good idea for OTHER characters, I guess, but as LeBlanc, you shouldn't ever be dying, as Dying = REALLY bad on her.

Exhaust
Ghost is a better choice, as it allows you to run away from multiple opponents. But this could be used if you really don't like ghost.

Smite
Jungling spell. Not for you. If a LeBlanc is jungling, we've got an issue.

My choice for a spell rotation is as follows.

For Basic Attacking:
Sigil of Silence -> Mimic -> Distortion -> Ethereal Chains

For a Running Target:
Ethereal Chains -> Distortion -> Mimic -> Sigil of Silence -> Ethereal Chains

(You may use Distortion first if needed to catch your target.)

For Running Away:

Ethereal Chains -> Distortion (AWAY from them!!!) -> Mimic -> Ethereal Chains

On your basic attack, if you are silenced in between Sigil of SIlence and Mimic, or Mimic and Distortion, you will not get the full damage amount of these spells, wasting mana, time, a cooldown, and your finger's energy.

In this guide, after you get your Soulstealer, you CANNOT DIE. Dying with this build will result in a massive loss of AP, which in turn will reduce your power, which will make you die even MORE. Recall after EVERY battle with a champion. This is time consuming, sure, but when your 45/0/30 You'll love me.

Thanks for reading my first guide.

~Aers

''The world is very different for those who cannot see beyond what is placed before their very eyes.'' - LeBlanc, The Deciever