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Spells:
Teleport
Flash
Ability Order
Sunlight (PASSIVE)
Leona Passive Ability
Introduction
I'll try to explain in detail as much as I can in this guide, I do hope it would be of help for all the Leona players out there. Keeping this build updated as much as I can will be my first priority as I will be testing Leona to see what improvements can be done
Keep in mind that a guide is just a guide only, it helps you understand the champ better, deviate new builds and find your own play-style, also everygame is different.
As my first quick look into Leona, I do see that people tend to use her as AP, to be quite honest I don't think it's worth to have Leona as ability power, and reason behind it that she is designed to be a tank, there are more champions that are more worth of being geared with ability power then Leona and are still beefy like



I hope you all enjoy this guide, and please leave comments and help me improve my guide.
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One thing to remember - never take your first skill instantly, it depends on situation you are in. 95% of the time I take W -
Eclipse, but there are situations where you really need that stun Q -
Shield of Daybreak to help to get First Blood or to prevent from you or teammate dying depending on the situation you are in. So always leave the skill unlearned till you are really sure which one is better at the moment.
I tend to max
Eclipse first, as this gives me the defensive stats I need, to stay alive in combats or when trying to gank. Also will give a nice damage output when maxed out in early levels of the game. Giving you the ability to farm some minions also.
Then I max Zanith Blade, This the second spell that gives the best damage output, also another reason is that the damage I deal from this spell does help me catch up with enemy champions and kill them before they run away.
Why I don't max early? Shield of Daybrake early? The reason behind is that the stun duration stays the same from skill level 1 - 5. The stun is the main reason it's usually used for, it's not the best spell to deal damage with, as this deals the lowest amount of damage from all
Leona spells.


I tend to max

Then I max Zanith Blade, This the second spell that gives the best damage output, also another reason is that the damage I deal from this spell does help me catch up with enemy champions and kill them before they run away.
Why I don't max early? Shield of Daybrake early? The reason behind is that the stun duration stays the same from skill level 1 - 5. The stun is the main reason it's usually used for, it's not the best spell to deal damage with, as this deals the lowest amount of damage from all

These are what I recommend for
Leona but different summoners have different play style's so you might want to test runes yourself also, see what suites you best.
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Greater Mark of Health - I find these Marks the best, as they give me enough HP Early game.
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Greater Seal of Armor - I tested these out and worked quite well, was using
Greater Seal of Evasion but did not work quite well for my play style. Also you might want to consider Greater Seal of Vitality if you like your HP to be high in late games. Personally, I let
Warmog's Armor do the job for me, and focus on defensive stats. Found out that it will keep me in fight longer. Stacking HP is not what I call Tanking
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Greater Glyph of Magic Resist - I get these glyphs with nearly all combat champions I use, nearly all champions we play against deal some magic damage, and some early Magic Resist will never hurt.
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Greater Quintessence of Health - I never tried anything else apart from these Quintessence's as this are my favourite as a tank, really good amount of base health in early levels. Helps put if you are soloing a lane, keeping you in the more and protect your tower.

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Most probably you know that this is the normal tanky mastery build, not really much to say, tested out some mastery builds, did also try 0/9/21, that personally did not find out quite as good for my play style. 0/21/9 is the standard tanky build for nearly all tanks, I find it quite strong with
Leona and Strength of Spirit is something that I find good with her, keeping in mind that you last more in a lane before you have to recall, and also in combats. Works quite well with
Force of Nature. I can't say how many times I stood in fights alive with 10-200 HP thanks to Strength of Spirit
Force of Nature &
Warmog's Armor




Recommended


Reason being is that


Might Consider



These are just some other summoner spells that every summoner would like to try out and see what works best for him.





Early Game
Ruby Crystal >
Boots >
Cloth Armor >
Mercury's Treads >
Heart of Gold
Using my first 450G on





Spending a total of 1975g at this stage I should be round about level 7-9, still quite early in the game, and as you might wonder, it's a bit too expensive. That is why my next item is

Mid Game
Ruby Crystal >
Null-Magic Mantle >
Aegis of the Legion >
Chain Vest >
Negatron Cloak >
Giant's Belt
Starting to go into Mid game I start buy rushing into



To continue with my defensive stats, as the enemy team post probably start getting some nice damage output. Starting off with



Late Game
Force of Nature >
Guardian Angel >
Warmog's Armor >
Randuin's Omen
Now is the time when the real time fight starts, making it hard to stay alive with all the AoE that they might have or the ganks that you might get. Starting to get my





Last but not least!


Full amount of item cost is 14695g
Items you need to consider
Being a tank is not easy as it sounds, you need to adapt yourself depending on your enemy team. These are some items you need to take a look at, to see if it will maximise your survivability. For exaple, in a game where you mostly need armor, you need to consider frozen hearth 2775g &

For magic resist I tend to take a look at




Full Item Sequence
Ruby Crystal >
Boots >
Cloth Armor >
Mercury's Treads >
Heart of Gold >
Ruby Crystal >
Null-Magic Mantle >
Aegis of the Legion >
Chain Vest >
Negatron Cloak >
Giant's Belt >
Force of Nature >
Guardian Angel >
Warmog's Armor >
Randuin's Omen
These are all the items I did test out so far, please if you have any suggestions leave a comment, always happy to take feedback, to keep this build as updated as I can.
Starting a Fight
Before starting a fight, always use














Why don't you use
Shield of Daybreak before you go in with
Zenith Blade?
Two reasons
1. Hitting target with



2. You will hit the last target you teleport with

I hope that my
Leona guide was of help to you, will try my best to keep this guide updated and detailed as much as possible. Still working on some more parts such as screen shots, but launched it as I do appreciate all the feedback you guys give me, so I will be able to improve my builds in the future.
Please, Comment on any parts you would like me to fix, change or update. If you will need any help I will try to reply or update the guide as quick as I can.
Thanks for your time to read this guide.

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