Leona as a Junglar

[quote=MyBloodisBlack]Hello everyone I'm back :D Recently I had a weird match up that produced a moment of inspiration (for me at least) Ok first of all, I had set up Leona to be a support champion not a Junglar and I was ready to be a support however due to some wierd trolling by some team mates we ended up with our ADC in Midlane, Nocturne and Evelynn being Bot lane and being the only player with Jungling experience I had to take Jungle. Now as pointed out I was set up to be a support so I didn't actually have Smite for one (no one did btw) and as a support I was alot weaker than I should be with made even the smallest camps seem difficult and I did die quite a few times because of this however when I had almost given up hope I suddenly went Ganking lanes and oh my god was I in for a shock...Leona actually kicks ass when Ganking :D by the time I had got to level 3 I was 3 levels behind and died 4 times but it didn't matter because I caught their junglar off guard and took him down quickly then I spotted their ADC out of play and took them down too...It was quite incredible seeing it. Now despite my best effort we ended up losing badly but I did score a respectable 5-12-9 which I know some of you may say is s**t however please bare in mind all I have told you - No Smite, Support Leona and also I forgot to mention I had brought items to be a support so I actually had to start jungling whilst being a full fledged support champion. Now I am writing all this because I have never seen a Jungle Leona before and I wondered if others had because I actually do think if I set her up as a Tank Jungler she could very well be pretty strong in that role. What do you guys think?[/quote]

[quote=Jimmydoggga 2.0]The problem with Leona jungle is simply her clear is incredibly bad, and that even with better runes, masteries you still can get counter jungled/fall behind. Other than that she's probably as good as any other top jungled.[/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]She'd be decent if she could proc her own passive. Her problems are: [list] [*] Low clear speed [*] Low damage in ganks [*] Unreliable pre-6 because E can be sidestepped relatively easily [/list] Her only strong point is strong level 6 CC, but since she lacks damage those ganks aren't that great as well. Jungle meta favors bruisers as well which makes it even harder for tanky junglers[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Yea, jungling meta right now is really stale. Sure you can play [[Leona]] (Or any other true tank for that matter) and be tanky with a lot of CC. But you could also just play [[Vi]] and be decently tanky with good CC and fuck tons of damage and faster clear speed too.[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]Her only weakness is her clear speed and dueling. She can't fight any of the top tier junglers in her own jungle and she can't really stop them from stealing her camps since she's so slow at clearing even after items. Her ganks are spectacular though.[/quote]

[quote=drakon136]It's not exactly a good thing if a jungler has to buy a [[Tiamat]] to be able to clear. However, this does not stop me from buying it on her because I generally get fed enough from ganks to buy it and get away with it. Also, her damage in ganks is actually pretty good early on.[/quote]

[quote=FalseoGod]She doesn't have to buy [[tiamat]], I'd much rather get an ancient golem and a [[sheen]] into triforce (if fed) which makes her burst damage really strong, specially combined with someone else. She could've been a thing if she could pop her passive herself on neutral monsters[/quote]

[quote=utopus]I suppose a triforce would help a lot with her mobility too, which can at times seem a little lackluster[/quote]

[quote=MyBloodisBlack]I was thinking something similar to Jungle Vi and working with Ancient Golem, Tri Force, Ninja Tabi, Sunfire cape, Banshees Veil and a Ravenous Hydra[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Wishful thinking, but no. There's absolutely NO way you're gonna get that kinda cash as [[Leona]]. Best you're gonna get is GOlem, Tabi, Randuin's and maybe if you're lucky a sheen or spirit visage. (If you even get past randuins)[/quote]