Talk:LeBlanc/@comment-16257908-20131124224240/@comment-15244341-20131126111616

Double W is not good AoE. Is actually damaging, I'll give you that, but she will get wrecked because it is not a ranged skill. We all now how many defensive items you get as LeBlanc, so going into melee range means you are automatically dead if the enemy team as a whole isn't stupid and has the support sitting back nicely ready to stun/silence/knockup/grab. Q is sort of reliable and when it was 2 seconds of silence you could contribute to teamfights late game by silencing the bruiser for six seconds. Now though... You can say "instant return", but when you do that every time, people find out and get ready to CC or, as said before, survive and proceed to ignore you because your AoE spells have high cooldowns (higher now because 10% CDR in blue buff).

Also, you lose burst. If you are not skirting around the edge, looking for a squishy and bursting them as soon as you can and then getting the hell out of dodge you are not playing LB well. That is literally her only MO in game. AoE and teamfighting she is bad at period. Compare her two suicidal AoEs to say Orianna's (long range, spammable) or Brand's (high damage, fairly spammable) and you'll see what I mean. They are made for late game, LB is made for winning 23/0 at 20 minutes (may contain slight exaggerations).

Plus let's be honest. I know it, and any LB player knows it: if I'm in late game my team better be able to carry me, because I couldn't carry them and sure as hell I won't carry them now.