Where does Leona fit among supports?

[quote=TPOnMyShow]So lately I have been spamming a ton of [[Diana]], and have really fallen in love. Just seem to "get" how she works. So funny thing, I was really pumped up about the Freljord patch - I love lore-heavy games, and playing as part of that lore. I KNOW leona and diana are sworn enemies, but they originate from the same place - Mt. Targon. I'm giving alot of thought to trying to focus on playing mostly the Targon characters (still not convinced about that [[Pantheon]] fellow though, so I wanted to get some takes on [[Leona]]. I don't have much experience with her, but just curious where she fits among the ranks of supports. Its funny, on lolking she has really high pick rate, but I hardly ever see her used in my games. For anyone that uses her, do you use gold quints, or movespeed quints? Thanks[/quote]

[quote=Xylarboden]I'm by no means an expert, but I'll throw in my two cents. She is a pretty strong kill support in lane with 2 stuns at level 6. Like [[Blitzcrank]], you have to have a sense of when to engage and when not to. Not every hook is a good one for your lane partner/team. Also, I only tend to use her when I'm on a team of divers since they can follow up quickly after I use E. Examples are [[Kha'zix]], [[Elise]], [[Xin Zhao]], etc. I use gold quints. I'm not sure if the movespeed quints would be worth the gold lost from not using gold quints. My instinct is that it is not worth it since [[Leona]] has a gap closer and is a tank. Hopefully someone else has a surer answer.[/quote]

[quote=IceCreamy]I take gold quints on all my supports. Btw in lane [[Leona]] is a kill support, while in team fights she's a bodyguard and not an initiator![/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]gp10 quints are good on her too, just like any other support. Personally, I use a page that has 34 flat armor on it for Leona (flat armor quints, marks, and seals). MS quints will also work for her, since she tends to be aggressive and can benefit from extra mobility. In general, those three options (gp10/flat armor/MS) tend to be the best quints for supports. With a few exceptions for some that you could use flat AD on instead (Thresh/Kayle/Jarvan, for example).[/quote]

[quote=TPOnMyShow]Thanks for the responses everyone! I was actually curious about armor quints as well, thanks for addressing that. Just gotta decide if its worth spending the IP on them. I dunno if I would end up using them for anyone else.[/quote]

[quote=Roselight]In the end, at some point you'll have enough runes and pages to try it out and find the best combo to go with your playstyle. It also depends on your lanemate and his playstyle. Generally Leona is great, as long as you don't jump in and suicide ^^' i'm mostly using the standart runes on her. gold/mr/armor. just be carefull when there is an enemy Janna. If she' good, she's gonna be a pain...[/quote]

[quote=Riley5]Hey there,glad you were thinking of playing Leona,because she is one of my favorite supports. Basicly you wanna go for this. Seals=flat armor Glyphs=flat mr Mark=magic pen/armor/mr (your choice really) Quints=gp10/hp (I usually like to take 1 for hp(expensive though)and 2 for gp10) This is my opinion really...I think that armor and mr is a necessity,but these other vary from time to time...Don`t really like ms quints on supports though..[/quote]

[quote=atesly]Leona is a strong support with a good early game. She is amazing at setting up kills for an ADC in lane with her E Q combo, especially on lanes with a weak early game. She works well with aggressive ADCs like Draven, Miss Fortune, and Graves. However, that's not to say that shes a horrible pick to support more passive ADC's. As for team fights she's good at peeling and has a substantial amount of CC. When I play her I usually run armor seals and marks, MR glyphs and GP 10 quints, though the armor quints would not be a bad substitution. But that's just how I play her c:[/quote]

[quote=-NA- Veng Lmfao]GP10 quints. Goes well with HAM ADC's such as [[draven]] / [[graves]].[/quote]

[quote=Space Marine 4000]My friend mains [[leona]] as support and he takes gp10 quints, which is pretty standard for any supports. She has 2 and a half ([[zenith blade]]) stuns, and excels at stun locking either one person or an entire team up. In any all in fight she will usually win as she can get in your face and stay there thanks to the defenses on her W. Good adc's with her are [[twitch]] (Autos proc the [[sunlight]] passive for massive burst), [[graves]] (Bursty skillshots, can land his burst which hurts more with leona's passive), [[miss fortune]] (Stuns and bullet time), and can also work pretty well [[draven]] (just make sure Draven doesn't knock them out of [[zenith blade]] with his E!) IMO she's one of the better supports that doesn't really see much play. Her only weakness is inability to poke, but can get an early [[emblem of valor]] to keep enemy poke from sticking to her and her ADC. TL:DR She can stunlock something for crazy amounts of time, but is required to leap to her target for it to happen.[/quote]