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League of Legends Leona Build Guide

Here is a post about Leona champion from League of Legends. You will find brief information with tips and tips on how to play Leona. Read our Leona build and cheat sheet. In our League of Legends builds you will see the most popular and universal variation of any build.

All League of Legends Leona Skins

Imbued with the fire of the sun, Leona is a holy warrior of the Solari who defends Mount Targon with her Zenith Blade and the Shield of Daybreak. Her skin shimmers with starfire while her eyes burn with the power of the celestial Aspect within her. Armored in gold and bearing a terrible burden of ancient knowledge, Leona brings enlightenment to some, death to others.

The Radiant Dawn Leona is one of the most popular champions in LoL. Her main role is a tank and you will see her playing as support in bot lane. Every champion in League of Legends has its uniqueness determined by his skills.

Passive
Sunlight

Damaging spells afflict enemies with Sunlight for 1.5 seconds. When allied Champions deal damage to those targets, they consume the Sunlight to deal additional magic damage.

Q
Shield of Daybreak

Leona uses her shield to perform her next basic attack, dealing bonus magic damage and stunning the target.

W
Eclipse

Leona raises her shield to gain Damage Reduction, Armor, and Magic Resist. When the duration first ends, if there are nearby enemies, she will deal magic damage to them and prolong the duration of the effect.

E
Zenith Blade

Leona projects a solar image of her sword, dealing magic damage to all enemies in a line. When the image fades, the last enemy champion struck will be briefly immobilized and Leona will dash to them.

R
Solar Flare

Leona calls down a beam of solar energy, dealing damage to enemies in an area. Enemies in the center of the area are stunned, while enemies on the outside are slowed.

Counter Picks and Leona’s Win Rate

It is great when you know how to play a champion. But much in LoL depends on counter picks. On the stage when you choose and ban champions you should ban the ones that can counter Leona and vice versa if you see that Leona is strong against the enemy team’s carry you’ll need to pick Leona.

Some players prefer to know the win and lose rate of the champion before trying to play her. You can see Leona counter picks and win rate in the toolkit via the image above.

Leona Best Build

Below you can see the best build for LoL Leona which is calculated on the average winning builds in the Platinum+ league. All builds that we share automatically update when new changes or patches appear. What you see below is the build for Leona on the bot lane.

As you can see from the build above there is mentioned Leona rune set with the best potential for Leona. You can see what runes are main for the character and which are taken for some extra assistance. Also, there are mentioned minor nodes that you can take to play Leona in League of Legends.

Under the rune set, you can see the best summoner spells used with Leona. The overall tier for the champion is mentioned just next to the summoner spells.

As for the best item set, you can see starting items. These are the items that you need to buy at the start of the game before you go on your lane. Next to it, there are early items, later you will upgrade them to the whole items for Leona build. Finally, you can see Mythical and Core items that you’ll need to focus on to win the game.

Skill order or skill priorities are very important in the game so that you will start winning the lane before you buy any powerful items. The skill priority and order for Leona is mentioned under the items. Skill order shows what skill you should upgrade on every level.