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[2.4b] Leona Guide - So You Wanna Be A Leona Main? Patch 2.4C

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Patch 2.4b
September 11, 2021 01:23
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So You Wanna Be A Leona Main? Patch 2.4C

Do you like tankiness? Do you like our long crowd control (cc)? Do you like the sun? Do you hate the moon? And do you like redheads with giant badass orange shield? Then Leona the Radiant Dawn is for you.

Pros

  • Have Thicc A$$ Armour and Magic Resist
  • Short Cooldown
  • Perma Stun BABYYYYYY
  • Tower Diving MONSTER

Cons

  • Weak Against True Damages and Penetrations
  • No Disengage
  • Low Mana

Leona Build

Best Build Guide for Leona

Starting Items
Cloth Armor
Null-Magic Mantle
Boots of Speed
Core Items
Zeke's Convergence
Frozen Heart
Abyssal Mask
Against AD
Plated Steelcaps
Thornmail
Iceborn Gauntlet
Against AP
Mercury's Treads
Adaptive Helm
Force of Nature
Boots & Enchants
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Plated Steelcaps
Mercury's Treads
Locket Enchant
Shadows Enchant
Gargoyle Enchant
My Personal Favourite
Zeke's Convergence
Glorious Enchant
Frozen Heart
Abyssal Mask
Thornmail
Iceborn Gauntlet

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

Early Game

  • ALWAYS take sweeper first to eliminate wards early on and piss the enemy off and to keep pressuring using the lane brush. This is what I call, lane dominance.
  • Cloth ArmorCloth Armor : Basic stat against AD (Attack Damage / physical damage) champ early
  • Null-Magic MantleNull-Magic Mantle : Basic stat against AP (Ability Power / magic damage) champ early
  • Boots of SpeedBoots of Speed : Basic item for escaping, chasing, rotating, and roaming.

Mid Game

  • Zeke's ConvergenceZeke's Convergence : Good stat for tanking damage and buffing allies' attacks (Recently got a buff. A huge one at that)
  • Boots of your choice. Depending on the situation.
  • Frozen HeartFrozen Heart : Good defend stat against AD champions and good stat for cooldown reduction.
  • Abyssal MaskAbyssal Mask : Good defend stat against AP champions, bonus magic damage to enemies nearby (can be synchronized with LeonaLeona 's Sunlight and also mana and HP regen.

Late Game

  • Boot Enchantments of your choice (depending on the situation, can also be completed after you finish Zeke's ConvergenceZeke's Convergence
  • Against AD champions:
  1. ThornmailThornmail : Reflect damage and grievous wound (healing reduction). Good against healers and and lifestealers.
  2. Iceborn GauntletIceborn Gauntlet : For Cooldown Reduction and slow effects.
  • Against AP champions :
  1. Adaptive HelmAdaptive Helm : AP Damage Reduction.
  2. Force of NatureForce of Nature : Stacking MR (Magic Resist) and MS (Movement Speed).


Leona Runes

Best Runes for Leona

Keystone
Aftershock
Aftershock
Domination
Weakness
Weakness
Resolve
Conditioning
Conditioning
Inspiration
Hunter Genius
Hunter Genius

Keystone Rune

  • AftershockAftershock : When you engage, you're kinda invulnerable until you press your 2Eclipse 
  • This will help reducing LeonaLeona 's damage taken and also a burst of damage around her after 2.5 seconds that deals magic damage but scale with your max HP.
  • Font of LifeFont of Life : This rune is good for a lot of tanks to give your allies free lifesteal but it can be countered with anti-heal so... I honestly like thicc LeonaLeona better.

Domintaion Rune

Resolve Rune

  • ConditioningConditioning : Good against a team with a good team comp. Since you're gonna need both AR (Armor) and MR (Magic Resist) against them.
  • Hunter TitanHunter Titan : Good against a team with high crowd control (cc) to lock you down in a place.
  • Adaptive CarapaceAdaptive Carapace : Good against a team with a bad team composition.
  • LoyaltyLoyalty : Low value. Don't take it. You want LeonaLeona to be thicc so she can engage and ignore people's damage

Inspiration Rune

  • Hunter GeniusHunter Genius : Cooldown Reduction is ALWAYS good for perma CC
  • PathfinderPathfinder : Good if you roams a lot.
  • Pack HunterPack Hunter : Ima chase you boi and I'm gonna be rich AF! jk. Good for bonus movement speed and a little bit of bonus gold.

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Sunlight
Sunlight - Passive
Shield Of Daybreak
Shield Of Daybreak
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Eclipse
Eclipse
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Zenith Blade
Zenith Blade
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Solar Flare
Solar Flare
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash
To Increase your Mechanics and Mobilities.
Ignite
You're melee range and you're always appear on their face so... Why not? This is good for Anti-heal and damaging an enemy
Heal
More movement speed and more insane saves for your team. Can be countered by anti-heal and CC tho :/
Exhaust
Good for reducing damage dealt by enemies and slowing them. 1 target only btw
Barrier
If you're THAT ego
Ghost
I'm FAST AF BOIII!! Still FAST AF BOII!! COME GET SOME!! I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW FAST I REALLY AM! I'M FAST AF BOI! Aight Ima stop. Still, this is good for chasing enemy squishies and escape alone.
Smite
Jungle Leona? It works on pc so... who knows? ;)

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Auto Attack
AA
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Auto Attack
AA

Auto Attack Reset Combo

  • Good for eliminating wards and eliminating towers.
  • Good to deal a 'stunning' amount of bonus damage. Get it? Cause her 1 Shield Of DaybreakShield Of Daybreak stuns people? Nevermind.
Zenith Blade
3rd
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Solar Flare
Ult
Eclipse
2nd

Full Initiating Combo (CC Chain)

  • Ideally, you want to use this combo on enemy champion with less or no tenacity (CC reduction) at all.
  • The stuck stepsi- i mean, champion cannot be unstuck from the CC chain.
Zenith Blade
3rd
Solar Flare
Ult
Shield Of Daybreak
1st

Against Tenacity Champions

  • While on midair from your Zenith BladeZenith Blade , quickly cast your Solar FlareSolar Flare .
  • This will ensure that your CC chain will hit the targeted enemy hard.

What are Tenacity champions? 

Zenith Blade
3rd
Flash
Flash

Surprise Long Range Initiating Combo

  • You can't cast [flash] during your Zenith BladeZenith Blade animation but you cancast right before your Zenith BladeZenith Blade animation. So be very quick for this combo.
  • Can be used to chase someone and tell them, "You have no escape you little RAT!!"
  • Can extend your Zenith BladeZenith Blade 's range.
  • Can give your enemy a heart attack.
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Flash
Flash
Auto Attack
AA

Surprise Initiating Combo

  • This combo is super good if you have multiple targets and if your Zenith BladeZenith Blade is not ready yet especially when you're in brush.
Zenith Blade
3rd
Flash
Flash
Shield Of Daybreak
1st

Changing Target

  • Good when the enemy have support that have a lot of tenacity and thicc shield.
  • You engage on high tenacity / someone who have HUGE shield on them with your 3 Zenith BladeZenith Blade but SIKE! That's not your REAL TARGET.
  • You [flash] > Shield Of Daybreak  towards the one that have no shield on them and have low tenacity.
  • This will also helps you to target someone who are further away than your initial target.

Zenith Blade
3rd
Flash
Flash
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Auto Attack
AA
Solar Flare
Ult
Auto Attack
AA
Eclipse
2nd

Full Changing Target Combo

  • Right after this combo is finished, just spam your abilities when needed. ALWAYS find the right abilities on the right time
Zenith Blade
3rd
Solar Flare
Ult
Eclipse
2nd
Glorious Enchant
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Auto Attack
AA

Changing Target to SUPER FAR enemy

Auto Attack
AA
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Auto Attack
AA
Zenith Blade
3rd

Close Combat Engage

  • This can be used if a melee champions are face-checking a brush you're in.
Auto Attack
AA
Shield Of Daybreak
1st
Auto Attack
AA
Zenith Blade
3rd
Solar Flare
Ult
Auto Attack
AA
Eclipse
2nd

Close Combat Engage (Full)

  • This can be used if a melee champions are face-checking a brush you're in especially if it's a definite kill.
Leona

Tips & Tricks

  • DON'T BE A FRIGGIN' COWARD! You're a LeonaLeona with THICC @$$ ARMOUR! JUST DO IT! You need a mindset, "Ima make them suffer the whole game"! Be Aggressive (Once you hit lv3)! TRADE! TRADE! TRADE!
  • Lane Dominance : You gotta conquer the brush in your lane. If the enemy is trying to get inside, MAKE THEM SUFFER! If they warded it, use your sweeper. If they randomly cast abilities in the brush, dodge it or MAKE THEM SUFFER for it!
  • When tower diving, take the tower aggro before you let your team in or else your team will die for nothing.
  • Keep CCing your enemies! Let your team do the damage especially with bonus damage they git from your WeaknessWeakness andSunlight
  • Freeze the wave for the team!
  • During your Zenith BladeZenith Blade 's animation, you can also cast another 1 of your abilites including your Ult Solar FlareSolar Flare
  • If your 3 Zenith BladeZenith Blade is hit by multiple targets, LeonaLeona will dash to the last one hit.
  • Only the last one hit by your 3 Zenith BladeZenith Blade is rooted.
  • Your 3 Zenith BladeZenith Blade is easily hit whenever the enemy is Auto Attacking and casting abilities with delays like JhinJhin 's Deadly FlourishDeadly Flourish , JinxJinx 's Zap!Zap! , and AsheAshe 's VolleyVolley .
Leona

Appreciation

Thank you guys for all the supports. I GREATLY appreciate it! Even though I'm only and Emerald player (used to be Diamond 3), you guys still watch my guide. I just wanna say, for you support mains out there, you guys ARE AWESOME! Thanks for even exist and make our day. Wild Rift is a competitive game, winning and losing is just a part of it so KEEP YOURSELF MOTIVATED and BE DETERMINED! That's all from me! Enjoy playing your new main, LeonaLeona , the Radiant Dawn.

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