User blog comment:Darksusanoo/LeBlanc Rework Concept/@comment-3391671-20170929060135/@comment-1920550-20171004140912

Not really. Since you've never really played LB, let me explain how she used to work. OG LeBlanc had 2 combos. Q-RQ-W or W-RW. Since at the time, AP was much higher than before and MR was scarce across the board, more often than not, you could 100-0 someone without the E. In comes her rework and her sole combo became E-RE-Q, since it locks down the target, procs the passive and will ultimately blow them up. Now sure my kit offers little more combo options, but on the other hand i'm providing her with teamfighting prowess via the E being proc'ed by team mates and due to the flexibility of her ultimate, allowing her to adapt on the fly.

Then there's the issue that Ethereal Chains is currently the most toxic part of her kit, due to the fact that IMO, assassins with CC should be either resource heavy, unrelliable or as minimal as possible, which is not the case with LB, since Chains has a pretty long range, even longer tether range, decently low CD and procs her passive by itself. Combine that with her ultimate, which is almost as toxic as her E and you create the repetitive and frustrating experience that is facing LB.

Her ultimate is not meant to be used in her combo, the ultimate is it's own thing, similar to how Ryze's ultimate works, it has no use in his/her basic combo. In LeBlanc's case it's a highlight moment, a reversal tool, a trickster's sleight of hand, a "oww you think you got my back against the wall, how cute". It's also a tool that provives virtually endless flexibility and on the fly adaptability. So while it has no bearing in her basic combo, it's very much a center piece in being a trickster.

Look up The Morrigan in SMITE, which served as a major inspiration for this rework and in particular for the ultimate mechanics. She's one of the game's best gods, highly flexible, extremely potent magical assassin in the lategame, simplistic in her basic kit, yet fairly balanced in the grand scheme of things.