LeBlanc vs Rakan Counter Pick

Mobility against mobility usually favors the champion who can move twice, and Rakan can. Grand Entrance dashes and knocks up on arrival, Battle Dance flies to an allied champion and recasts free for a short window, and The Quickness adds move speed while charming everything it touches. LeBlanc has Distortion and nothing else. Over 161 games on patch 16.13.1 she holds 42.9%, which the difficulty model rates hard.

• Charm chains — The Quickness does not require aim, so the standard assassin answer of dodging a skillshot does not apply, and a charmed LeBlanc at 598 health and 22 armor rarely survives the follow-up.
• Fey Feathers — the periodic shield absorbs the Sigil of Malice detonation that the burst depends on, which delays the kill past the point where Rakan’s allies arrive.
• Range — 300 attack range against 525 looks like an advantage for LeBlanc, but Grand Entrance closes it instantly and Battle Dance restores the distance afterward.

The workable angle is Rakan’s frailty relative to other supports: 610 health, 30 armor and 113.3 at level 18 against magic damage that meets 32 magic resist. Gleaming Quill complicates it, since a landed feather turns into healing for his allies and repairs whatever a partial rotation removed. Catching Rakan after Battle Dance is on cooldown is the one window LeBlanc reliably gets.