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Introduction



Before




Leona, however is not meant for every team composition. It's important to note that champions that have a high burst rate and/or have hard crowd control abilities will synergize well with Leona. Champions such as





Champions that have DOT effects, no form of burst or have limited crowd control abilities will make it hard to secure a kill.
It is also worthy to mention that by playing Leona, you will lose a lot of team fight damage potential as your primary role is to soak up damage and keep the enemy carries stunned as long as possible. It is recommended to play jungle Leona if your bottom lane has a support with damage potential, preferably


Here's a quick rundown on the pros and cons of Jungle Leona.
Pros
- Ganks are remarkable.
- Can chain stun enemy champions.
- Has the potential to either peel or initiate.
Eclipse gives you natural defensive stats without the need to purchase a lot of defense oriented items.
Cons
- Dueling potential is nonexistent.
- Relies heavily on teammates for damage.
- Clear times are relatively slow.
- You can be bursted down easily in your own jungle early on.
Now if you're familiar with playing Leona as a support champion, you know that she can become pretty tanky without the need of too many defensive items. With the extra gold from jungle creeps and kills/assists, you will find that she will be even hardier that support Leona; thus you rise to more risky plays you otherwise won't do as support.
I prefer to stack armor glyphs, seals and marks since it will help mitigate damage from jungle camps. However, if you prefer a wholesome and balanced defensive stats, I would switch out my armor glyphs to magic resist glyps. Depending on preference you could use flat or scaling glyps.
The quints for move speed is self-explanatory as this will help you gank and your jungle clear speeds.
Masteries
I like to run 9/21/0 as my masteries.
For Offense, I run



For Defense, I prefer to run 21. These masteries give a nice mix of damage and crowd control reduction which scales exceptionally well into late game play.
It's important that you start with the side where your ADC and Support are. If you're on Red Team, you will be starting at Gromp. If you're on the Blue Team, you will be starting at Ancient Krug. It is far more important that you take as little damage as you can when starting with you first jungle camp since you will need all the health you have to do a level 3 gank. This would mean you will have to ask the support to tank a few hits (This works especially well if the support runs


After the first camp you will either go to the








The way you attack jungle camps as well as when you use your abilities is crucial. For instance, it is important that as soon as you auto-attack, you use

Knowing when to use


Another way to mitigate damage is to use



As for

After the initial jungle clear, you will have more freedom with the jungle routes since you will have enough for



Buying




If you're still ahead, I would advise to get


After you get





As for

Her passive




Some combos to keep in mind:
Close range initiation combo would be AA > Q > AA > W > E > R
Mid ranged initiation combo would be E > W > AA > Q > AA > R
Long ranged initiation combo would be R > E > W > AA > Q > AA
It's important that you space out the times you use your abilities, that way you don't blow all your stuns all at once.
Some Leona players prefer to use





Remember that your

When you



If you want to try some other unorthodox champions to jungle or if you really love Leona, as I do, then seeing her in a different light (no pun intended) in the jungle will be refreshing. Just don't expect her to do a ton of damage since that's not her primary role!
Have fun!
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