LoL Champion Build Guides: Leona

Leona The Radiant Dawn

Find the best Leona build guides for League of Legends S11 Patch 11.20. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Leona build for the S11 meta. Learn more about Leona's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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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 LeagueSpy's 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 11.20. 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!

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Patch 11.20: 300694 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Resolve

Inspiration

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 2119 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

Third Best

62%

Win Rate 53 Games

Resolve

Inspiration

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Second Best

47%

Win Rate 4267 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 184 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1664 Games

Second Best

39%

Win Rate 1204 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 76 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

76%

Win Rate 21 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

73%

Win Rate 15 Games

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Second Best

40%

Win Rate 60 Games

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Second Best

58%

Win Rate 124 Games

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53%

Win Rate 205 Games

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Win Rate 106 Games

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Win Rate 52 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

100%

Win Rate 2 Games

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Win Rate 1 Games

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Leona Counters

Learn '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

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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.

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DWG Leona

Special Events

April 28, 2021

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1350

Battle Academia Leona Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

March 18, 2021

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Battle Academia Leona

March 18, 2021

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1350

Mecha Kingdoms Leona

January 15, 2020

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1350

Solar Eclipse Leona

Legendary

November 27, 2018

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1820

Lunar Eclipse Leona

Legendary

November 27, 2018

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1820

Barbecue Leona

September 8, 2016

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750

PROJECT: Leona

September 8, 2015

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1350

Pool Party Leona

September 10, 2013

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1350

Iron Solari Leona

February 10, 2012

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975

Valkyrie Leona

July 13, 2011

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520

Defender Leona

Legacy

July 13, 2011

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750

Classic Leona

Original

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Leona's Abilities

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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 25-144 (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

45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65

Leona's next basic attack will have 50 bonus range, deal 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+30% of ability power) additional magic damage, and stun the target for 1 second.

Eclipse Leona's W Ability

275

14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10

Leona raises her shield to grant herself 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 flat damage reduction for 3 seconds. She also gains 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% of bonus Armor) bonus Armor and 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 (+20% of bonus Magic Resistance) Magic Resistance for the same duration.

When the effect ends, Leona deals 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to nearby enemies while prolonging the effect for a bonus 3 seconds if any enemies are struck.

Zenith Blade Leona's E Ability

700

12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6

Leona projects a solar image of her sword, which deals 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to all enemies in a line. When the image fades, the last enemy champion struck will be immobilized for 0.5 seconds and Leona will dash to them.

Solar Flare Leona's Ultimate (R) Ability

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90 / 75 / 60 / 60 / 60

After a brief delay, Leona calls down a beam of solar energy dealing 100 / 175 / 250 (+80% of ability power) magic damage and slowing enemies by 80% for 1.5 seconds. Enemies in the center of the beam are stunned instead of slowed.

Questions About Leona

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Latest Questions

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...

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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.

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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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How Do I Get Better In LoL?

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...

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Specific support's first gold income item?

Asked by Everglaid on June 8, 2014

As in support [[Nidalee]], I've been torn between [[spellthief's edge]] and [[ancient coin]]. Her [[javelin toss]] will hurt a lot with edge, but they are also unreliable. (I know she's getting a rework soon but it's nice to know.) For...

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Optimal quints for Thresh/Leona support?

Asked on February 28, 2014

What are the optimal quints for tanky aggressive supports? Most importantly [[thresh]]. Should I get mov speed health armor ad quints or something else?

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What is the role of a support in Season 3?

Asked by jhoijhoi on October 26, 2013

What exactly is the role of a support in Season 3? How important is it for supports to have a "full build" of support items like Locket etc? With the ward changes/trinket introduction in Season 4, how do you think this role will...

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When to build Doran's Shield as support and Why?

Asked by Burnboy37 on March 16, 2013

So recently I've seen a lot of higher level players and professional players building [[doran's shield]] when playing support. Specifically I've seen a lot of [[leona]], [[thresh]], and [[lulu]] players building [[doran's shield]]. So I was...

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What Summoner Spell is Best for Supports?

Asked on November 29, 2012

I am just getting into the support role and I am a little confused, which summoners are best for supporting? I see a lot of people taking [[exhaust]], but aren't [[clairvoyance]], [[clarity]] and [[heal]] good summoner spells for a support?...

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Sunlight (PASSIVE)

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Zenith Blade (E)

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