Leona's standard build mainly aims to give her a reliable engage and then enough durability to stay useful right after. The first items should secure access and then survival against the answer.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
10,350 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Protection build, prioritizes peel tools for your carry.
10,600 total cost +250gDefensive build against enemy dives/engages.
10,600 total cost +250g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Leona must survive long enough for her CC to matter. Her build prioritizes durability over damage.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
E, Q, R — three immobilizes in one combo; the freeze zone and resist boost cycle constantly on your engages.
You dive into the whole team — the per-enemy resist bonus is always at three stacks.
Heals back poke between engage windows — doubled for melee, built for your all-in style.
Accumulated HP to be a tank practically indestructible during the engage.
Charged flash to an engage surprise E+Flash on targets hors range.
Bone Plating
Second Wind
Overgrowth
Perseverance
