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Daughter of Amun Ra - An indepth guide to Leona

Ssyrak Last updated on March 23, 2012
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by Ssyrak » December 22, 2011 12:01pm | Report

Hextech is a great item on Leona. It may sound wired. But it increases her sustainability during team fights a lot. It also increases her damage decently what helps you to do your job: annoy


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by S_w_a_g » December 22, 2011 6:29pm | Report

bought leona because i saw this build and how indepth you made it ty ima try it right now

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by Ssyrak » December 24, 2011 12:17am | Report

Keep me up to date if you like her. ;)


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by Linic » December 24, 2011 11:19am | Report

So I just wanted to let you know that I've been playing leona since she came out, and have been experimenting and tinkering with her ever since and when a friend refered me to your guide I was blown away by the depth and effort you have put into it. it has helped me immensely and answered question I did not even think to ask!, I have found that this is without a doubt one of the best guides (let alone leona guide) that I have found on this site and I created a profile on this site just to tell you so.

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by Ssyrak » December 25, 2011 1:16am | Report

Thanks a lot. I'm really glad to hear this.


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by HydreigonDraco » December 26, 2011 5:50pm | Report

From lots of experience with Alistar, I knew your first build would be the one for me. With 999 ping half the game I went 4-1-10 before the enemy team surrendered. The only time I died was went I went to gank mid deep in my team's territory, where a 2v2 quickly turned into a 4v1, but I survived long enough for my team's Gangplank to teleport to me and pick up two kills, which could've been a quadrakill if he played it right.

I can't tell you how many team fights I survived with 100 hp or less, which means I have to emphasize the importance of those health per level marks you suggested for your Build #1. Brilliant! Definitely worth the 7380IP. I haven't seen them in any other guide, though I own and regularly play 60 of the 94(?) champs. I'm very happy that your guide helped me achieve such satisfying results on my first serious attempt playing Leona. Thank you so much; a +1 is the least your deserve.


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by ccko » December 27, 2011 9:02am | Report

I made an account just to answer this Guide! I bought Leona because I read this guide and my first match i got 3-7-22, we lost but woah this guide helped me so much! Kudos to you man!!

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by LeBrona » December 29, 2011 4:07am | Report

Hey, loved your guide and just wanted to ask if you can help me with the APtank version of your build. The thing is that i feel like what Leona lacks in the tank department, like aggro control or position control, she makes up for in her cc and just generally well rounded ability damage. By that token an APtank Leona should be a little better than a straight tank due to the fact that a tank that doesn't get hit and can't dish out damage, isn't a threat and therefore can't soak up hits for the AD carry tanks compliment so well.
As a new Leona player (and a new LoL player for that matter), and she is my favorite hero because her flavor is just so cool, I would like some help with the AP build of your Leona, perhaps a separate guide, or at least a more deeper in-depth coverage of her APtank version.

thanks and much love ♥


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by MTaur » December 31, 2011 7:17pm | Report

LeBrona wrote:

Hey, loved your guide and just wanted to ask if you can help me with the APtank version of your build. The thing is that i feel like what Leona lacks in the tank department, like aggro control or position control, she makes up for in her cc and just generally well rounded ability damage. By that token an APtank Leona should be a little better than a straight tank due to the fact that a tank that doesn't get hit and can't dish out damage, isn't a threat and therefore can't soak up hits for the AD carry tanks compliment so well.
As a new Leona player (and a new LoL player for that matter), and she is my favorite hero because her flavor is just so cool, I would like some help with the AP build of your Leona, perhaps a separate guide, or at least a more deeper in-depth coverage of her APtank version.

thanks and much love ♥


I don't like building a ton of AP on Leona because the combination of cooldowns and AP scalings just doesn't add up quite right. Disengaging when you're out of available skills (with Flash if necessary) might help.

She can get by on health and not a ton of resists if you avoid taking much damage when Eclipse is down. Rod of Ages earlyish and maybe Rylai's Crystal Scepter can be taken if you absolutely want to get AP.

An early Sheen that later becomes Lich Bane makes sense. This can help you farm with W and Q, as her base AD is good enough for it. I don't think you're really going to be doing much damage late-game unless you have Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap. You probably need Deathfire Grasp too, honestly. Kage's Lucky Pick might not hurt.

So... something like this at the end:



I don't necessarily condone playing like this, but if I were forced to play AP Leona at gunpoint, that's what I'd try first. I might give it a spin in a bot game for fun, but the game will probably end before the build is half done. :(

You probably need magic pen marks and move quints, and maybe resists/level seals and glyphs. Or something like that. For masteries, I don't know... 9/21/0 or 21/9/0, not sure.


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by LeBrona » January 1, 2012 3:31pm | Report

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I don't like building a ton of AP on Leona because the combination of cooldowns and AP scalings just doesn't add up quite right. Disengaging when you're out of available skills (with Flash if necessary) might help.

She can get by on health and not a ton of resists if you avoid taking much damage when Eclipse is down. Rod of Ages earlyish and maybe Rylai's Crystal Scepter can be taken if you absolutely want to get AP.

An early Sheen that later becomes Lich Bane makes sense. This can help you farm with W and Q, as her base AD is good enough for it. I don't think you're really going to be doing much damage late-game unless you have Lich Bane and Rabadon's Deathcap. You probably need Deathfire Grasp too, honestly. Kage's Lucky Pick might not hurt.

So... something like this at the end:



I don't necessarily condone playing like this, but if I were forced to play AP Leona at gunpoint, that's what I'd try first. I might give it a spin in a bot game for fun, but the game will probably end before the build is half done. :(

You probably need magic pen marks and move quints, and maybe resists/level seals and glyphs. Or something like that. For masteries, I don't know... 9/21/0 or 21/9/0, not sure.

So i tried this in a couple bot games and i did end up finishing the build most of the times. i noticed a small pattern after mixing up the order of item acquirement. It seemed like building the lich bane was the best help but only if you get the deathfire grasp as well. Also if I splashed in the lich bane and the deathfire witha normal tank-like build with a force of nature and a warmogs it seemed to make her character balance out her damage enough to actually be threatening enough for my friends to agree that fighting her ina team fight would actually force the opposing team to target her, somethign she normal has issue with as a tank.

This build seems to work best solo top since it makes her farm much better with the added damage from the early sheen. This allowed a faster warmogs/force of nature and made the transition into lich bane and deathfire grasp more smooth than a baby's bottom. i chose the ionian boots of lucidity over mercury treads or sorcerers shoes.

i'll test it in pvp and let you know what happens.


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In the glow of the moon
Light bonds with darkness
Diamonds in the rough
Disappear with the tides
A black velvet blanket
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