Talk:LeBlanc/@comment-8340836-20130613213951/@comment-5057599-20130614002102

Here's my take on this - they are looking for two changes essentially:

1) to reward people who try to land the full combo instead of people who just use Q-R-W;

2) to let LB farm better past early laning by removing the mana cost on ult and giving it a decent base damage when mimicking W, since it's her only AoE ability and it doesn't get maxed first unlike most farming mid laners;

At the same time they slightly tune down her burst from lvl 4 onwards, when people start maxing Q, and buff her damage late game with a whooping 600 (+130% AP) dmg at lvl 16 with mimicked Q plus proc, compared to the live 462 (+126% AP).

These changes go in the right direction IMO. She's still gonna be one of the most threatning roamers because her early burst is still among the highest for AP carries even after the changes, and her farming was buffed so that she's not so kill dependent anymore. Meanwhile her late game damage was buffed to the point where DFG plus full combo will be nuking tanks to critical levels.