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Build Guide By MTaur
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Great Guide! It's always nice to see different ways I can play my favourite champion. Especially when you find it in the guides that aren't in the top 10 spots or so.
I really like all the builds you have. The first one looks like a really nice tank with some support build. The second build is a more supportive then tank but it is still a great. The third build is really exciting I tried dominion once as Leona when I used to build her full tank and it was just horrible, but now I know of a decent way to play her in it so now I don't always have to do Summoner's Rift all the time.
Thanks! My
For build 1, lately I tend to either keep warding at the end, or to get
And for Dominion... well, I guess either queue with friends, or check what I have for
I really like all the builds you have. The first one looks like a really nice tank with some support build. The second build is a more supportive then tank but it is still a great. The third build is really exciting I tried dominion once as Leona when I used to build her full tank and it was just horrible, but now I know of a decent way to play her in it so now I don't always have to do Summoner's Rift all the time.
I had a reread of your guide again. It is entirely possible to jungle successfully as her ganks are pretty lethal.
Jungling with Leona is done defensively though.
Maybe... but I'd be the last one to suggest it, for two reasons. One, I don't jungle myself, so I can't prove that it actually can be made to work.
Second, I'd be the last one to tell them to put a slow jungler with good ganks in place of a fast jungler with good ganks.
Ok, three. Even if it does work, needing your team to pay attention and counter-gank as needed might be asking for too much unless it's a pre-made. (One time I roamed with
Jungling with Leona is done defensively though.
For build 2 I'd probably replace the
Build 2 has *both* of those items, and it's a bit of a toss-up to me when you take which, honestly. I put them in that order to rush CDR.
As far as squishiness goes,
I do agree that it doesn't matter when you're tanking damage or CC but at the same time you want to be disabling their carry/protecting yours. Those few seconds you are CC'd can actually turn the tides of a team fight. This is from my experience though.
For build 2 I'd probably replace the
Reason why I say it's "wasted" is because of blue buff or blue elixers. You are sitting on 8.1% + 30% CDR. I feel it's a better trade off for that tenacity while popping blues rather than CDR. Don't get me wrong, I love max CDR but sometimes getting feared for 3+ seconds isn't the greatest feel lol.
You will probably really benefit from GP5/10 seals for build 2. I've been playing with 1 GP5/10 and I feel you won't have enough at all to build your items. 2 GP5/10 seems perfect as you won't need to farm as much. With the seals and correct masteries you get a bonus GP7/10... stack those with either one or two GP5/10 and you will scale extremely well into mid and end game.
If a game hits 40 minutes, you roughly have the same amount of gold your AD/AP carry has with 200 CS. The trade off is that you are weaker at the start.
The real worst feeling is when your team abandons the tank at the wrong time. Getting CCed as a tank isn't as big a deal as getting CCed as
As far as CDR goes, I never have mana trouble with either of these two builds, and there are usually other champs on the team who would make better use of the blue buff. I'd prefer to use
I'll experiment with GP10 seals when I have IP for it. X-P Maybe Build 2 would also benefit from
You will probably really benefit from GP5/10 seals for build 2. I've been playing with 1 GP5/10 and I feel you won't have enough at all to build your items. 2 GP5/10 seems perfect as you won't need to farm as much. With the seals and correct masteries you get a bonus GP7/10... stack those with either one or two GP5/10 and you will scale extremely well into mid and end game.
If a game hits 40 minutes, you roughly have the same amount of gold your AD/AP carry has with 200 CS. The trade off is that you are weaker at the start.
Personally I don't think the
Personally I feel the health regen seals you're running aren't all that flash. Late game you probably zip back to base to regen, although if you do wonder alot it can help you sustain.
Otherwise fairly solid build! +1
First, thanks for the +1.
I don't see how it's wasted CDR since the two classic builds both just barely reach 40%. YMMV, but when I started rushing CDR and maxing it (or nearly maxing it) mid-game, I found it making a bigger difference than anything else. Usually when I'm tanking, I just try to take CC as a compliment.
I like the health regen because it's a bit forgiving. If you have some other suggestion, I would consider it. Build 2, for example, might do better with the new GP10 seals, but I'm not certain.
Personally I feel the health regen seals you're running aren't all that flash. Late game you probably zip back to base to regen, although if you do wonder alot it can help you sustain.
Otherwise fairly solid build! +1
The other thing is that she can't count on making a ton of gold, so getting 40% CDR with Ionians, runes, masteries, and a Reverie means 35% early (thanks to
Anyway, other options like
I edited the items.
I've actually been working in