How to beat LeBlanc

Common role: Mid

A deceiver assassin who bursts you in a blink and leaves a clone behind.

What makes LeBlanc dangerous

LeBlanc dashes in with W (and can return to its start point), chains you with a root (E), and mimics her spells with her ultimate for huge burst. Her passive spawns a clone when she drops low, so you often kill the wrong target. She deletes squishies in one rotation and is gone before you react.

How to play against LeBlanc

• 1Track her W return window (~4s): she usually jumps back — punish the return spot.
• 2Dodge or break her chain (E): it needs ~1.5s tether to root you — step away or behind minions.
• 3Push her under tower: her waveclear is weak early and she wants to roam.
• 4Magic resist and one defensive item (Hexdrinker/Verdant) break her one-shot pattern.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Falls off if she can't snowball early kills.
• ✓Weak, mana-hungry waveclear in the first levels.
• ✓Her burst has long cooldowns — survive one rotation and trade back.
• ✓The clone dies to one hit and deals no damage — learn her tells.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of LeBlanc's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Image miroir

  Quand LeBlanc tombe à moins de 40% de ses PV max, elle devient invisible pendant 1 sec et crée une Image miroir qui n'inflige aucun dégât et dure jusqu'à 8 sec.

  Strong: at low HP she vanishes and spawns a clone — you burst the fake. Weak: the clone deals no damage and dies to one hit; tag both with AoE.

• Q
  Sceau de malveillance

  LeBlanc lance un sceau qui inflige des dégâts et qui marque la cible pendant 3.5 sec. Blesser la cible marquée avec une compétence fait exploser le sceau, infligeant des dégâts supplémentaires. Si le sceau ou son explosion tue la cible, LeBlanc récupère le coût en mana et réduit le délai de récupération restant de cette compétence.

  Strong: marks you so her next spell detonates for bonus burst. Weak: single-target poke without follow-up — the threat is the combo, not the Q itself.

• W
  Distorsion

  LeBlanc fonce jusqu'à l'endroit visé, infligeant des dégâts aux ennemis proches de son point d'arrivée. Dans les 4 sec qui suivent, LeBlanc peut réactiver Distorsion pour retourner à son point de départ.

  Strong: a long dash that can return to its start point within ~4s. Weak: the return is predictable — stand on her return spot and punish it.

• E
  Chaînes éthérées

  LeBlanc lance une chaîne qui s'attache au premier ennemi touché. Si la cible reste enchaînée pendant 1.5 sec, LeBlanc l'immobilise et lui inflige des dégâts supplémentaires.

  Strong: a chain that roots you if you stay tethered ~1.5s. Weak: break the tether — step behind minions or just walk away fast.

• R
  Imitation

  LeBlanc imite l'une de ses compétences de base.

  Strong: mimics any spell for her biggest burst — double chains, double dashes. Weak: mimic shares the pattern of the copied spell — the same dodges work.

Itemization

Hexdrinker/Maw and Mercury's Treads gut her burst; Zhonya's on mages. Survive her rotation, then she's a minion for 10 seconds.

This guide covers LeBlanc's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.