Talk:LeBlanc/@comment-5256197-20140211133041/@comment-15280970-20140216015108

We are talking about counterplay: no matter how horrible is the matchup you are against you can still play in some way you don't loose. Skill is always determinant. So don't summon galio all the time because no one plays him mid at the time.

Well i understand what you are saying: LB can throw an entire rotation to you even under tower and you aren't able to do shit, she repeats until she kicks you out of lane or until you die... aaaand she is also very hard to gank.

However look at her winrate: 45%. win rate. What is the explanation to that? Leblanc offers 0 utility to her team other than single target damage. This means every other mid laner (except pantheon) will outscale her because in teamfights AOE and CC are more important. An unfed leblanc can't burst a carry if she doesn't land ethereal chains and she is useless if she can't do that. Now, to burst someone she needs to get fed, and you as a mid laner are her first target to snowball: your job is to avoid that by buying some MR. Leblanc will then rush some Doran Ring's (delaying her build) and you will end outscaling her.

Kassadin on the other side is a solo Q stomper and he is like reverse leblanc: he is a ticking bomb (like nasus or vayne), every second of the game he becomes stronger, he snowballs harder and you carry the burden of not having bullied him enough. And unlike LB, a ticking bomb that wins most mid matchups is something that has to be fixed. People now ban him even after nerfs because he is extremely annoying to play against.