Leona Build Guides, Runes and Items

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Leona Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Leona we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Leona, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Leona this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 13.1. However, if you are a new Leona player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Leona!

Patch 13.1: 887897 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Precision

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 29102 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 14041 Games

Inspiration

Resolve

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 16248 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 1111 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 79251 Games

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 3347 Games

Second Best

40%

Win Rate 8073 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 460 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

69%

Win Rate 756 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

64%

Win Rate 156 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.22: 171823 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 394 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

Win Rate Games

Second Best

45%

Win Rate 276 Games

! Small Sample Size Warning * There is either not a lot of games played on this champion or the builds vary greatly, we have provided the top build but it does not have a high confidence rating so use your own discretion.

Second Best

33%

Win Rate 142 Games

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Passive Ability

Patch 13.1: 887900 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

63%

Win Rate 68 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

60%

Win Rate 55 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 727 Games

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 902 Games

Third Best

58%

Win Rate 168 Games

Second Best

44%

Win Rate 448 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 8 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

71%

Win Rate 7 Games

Passive Ability

Leona Counters

Learn Leona's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Leona guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Leona Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Leona. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Leona Leona Support

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Leona Skins

Find Leona's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Leona skins and chromas on Leona's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

High Noon Leona

Legendary

May 12, 2022

+ Wishlist

1820

Debonair Leona

December 9, 2021

+ Wishlist

DWG Leona

Special Events

April 28, 2021

+ Wishlist

Battle Academia Leona Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

March 18, 2021

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Battle Academia Leona

March 18, 2021

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Mecha Kingdoms Leona

January 15, 2020

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Solar Eclipse Leona

Legendary

November 27, 2018

+ Wishlist

1820

Lunar Eclipse Leona

Legendary

November 27, 2018

Wishlist

1820

Barbecue Leona

September 8, 2016

+ Wishlist

750

PROJECT: Leona

September 8, 2015

+ Wishlist

Pool Party Leona

September 10, 2013

+ Wishlist

Iron Solari Leona

February 10, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Valkyrie Leona

July 13, 2011

+ Wishlist

520

Defender Leona

Legacy

July 13, 2011

+ Wishlist

750

Classic Leona

Original

+ Wishlist

Leona's Abilities

Sunlight Leona's Passive

Self

Leona's damaging spells affect the target with Sunlight for 1.5 seconds. When allied champions deal damage to those targets they consume the Sunlight debuff to deal 32−168 (at levels 1-18) additional magic damage. The amount is increased every 2 levels. Leona is unable to activate the additional damage herself.

Shield of Daybreak Leona's Q Ability

Self

35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55

Leona's next attack stuns for 1 second and deals an additional 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+30% of ability power) magic damage.

Eclipse Leona's W Ability

450

14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10

Leona raises her shield, reducing incoming damage by 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 and gaining 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% bonus armor) armor and 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% bonus magic resistance) magic resist for 3 seconds. Afterwards, her shield detonates, dealing 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to nearby enemies. If she hits at least one, she retains the armor and magic resist bonuses for an additional 3 seconds.

Zenith Blade Leona's E Ability

900

12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6

Leona thrusts with a sword of light, dealing 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+40% of ability power) magic damage. The last champion struck will be rooted for 0.5 seconds and Leona will dash to them.

Solar Flare Leona's Ultimate (R) Ability

1200

100

90 / 75 / 60 / 60 / 60

Leona calls down a radiant beam of solar energy dealing 100 / 175 / 250 (+80% of ability power) magic damage and slowing by 80% for 1.75 seconds. Enemies in the center of the flare are stunned for the same duration instead of slowed.

Questions About Leona

Latest Questions

Should I main multi styles of a role?

Asked by Molses on May 12, 2022

So we all know the advice that is to main two to three champions for your main role (and two for the second?), but should we main different styles like One tank, one enchanter, one mage for support or we should choose champions by comfort or...

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How do I adjust my build situationally?

Asked by KittenBits on April 26, 2020

This kind of question likely requires a really in-depth answer, so my apologies for that. I was wondering how to learn to adjust my build based on the enemy's team comp, item selection and the overall status of whatever match I'm in. When I play,...

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New Female Tank?

Asked by BlackRoseGirl on January 25, 2020

Ok, so it appears we have a VERY small amount of female tanks, with about 3 off-tanks(Illaoi, Shyvana, and Vi) 2 vanguards(Leona and Sejuani) and only ONE warden(Poppy)! Is there any hope that Riot will release a new female tank, preferably Top...

how to carry as support

Asked on March 15, 2016

i recently started playing support and im having a lot of trouble winning with support. can someone help? i play all the champions that i tagged.

Looking for a duo partner EUW

Asked by Heavenborne on August 27, 2015

Hey, Im looking for a Silver player to join me in ranked, I main supp (Karma, Leona, Janna), but can also play top/jung, I'm S4 currently. I am looking for preferably an adc, but just an overall calm player. I generally play about 2-3 games...

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Rune Page/Build for Thresh/Leona

Asked by sebas8181 on July 16, 2014

Hi people. I like playing Thresh/Leona as tanky support, with a decent adc their combos dominate almost any bot lane, and they bring lots of utility/peeling/cc. The problem is that i'm poor in runes, and since they are similar champs, by the...

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Asked by TSM Toyz on June 20, 2014

Hello! Im Not The TPA Toyz However I Am A Huge Fan Of Toyz and Scarra (Explains The TSM). Especially Coming From Australia. Anyways, Im Having Problems In LoL At the momentw. For Mid Lane, I Main Orianna And Katarina However I Play Orianna More...