Post your Leona rant here

TOO MANY ICONS·7/26/2014, 7:29:43 AM·1 votes·958 views

So I can drink your tears.

In all seriousness, Leona seems to be getting a lot of discussion around the boards so I thought I'd weigh in and offer a place to list what you think about the champ. I personally consider her my main, so I might be biased, but its all the more reason I want some different perspectives on the champ.

Personally, my only (minor) complaint is that her ult doesn't fit her identity very much, or at least how I see her identity as. Leona always felt like a "be brave, get as far into their team as possible, and *** *** up" kind of champ similar to, say, Renekton. Her E gives her a good way to get into the team if you can get close enough to land it, and her Q and W let her do something once she's there. But the way her ult has so much range but a small area of effect encourages gameplay that revolves around catching and locking down one person. I feel like if her ult had a little more AOE but was centered around her location instead of being a skillshot, it would promote you to really get into their team and give a clear counterplay in that you can just stay out of range/dodge her E, and just poke her down. This would ultimately be somewhat of a nerf I think, but its not without merit as Leona is fairly strong right now.

If someone has other ideas for how they would change her (if at all), I'd love to hear them. Maybe someone can think of something that's less "go in and press every button" than my suggestion.

4 Comments

DropKick Slang7/26/2014, 7:51:11 AM2 votes

Her e makes me cry myself to sleep at night. I can't use minions to shield myself. QQ Any tips on facing her?

GildedCreed7/29/2014, 3:56:37 AM1 votes

Main things about Leona: She's like a female Taric, and having a Taric is always good fun. Her Ult is best suited to locking down the back-line in a team fight (because that's where the squishies are, and no one expects ganks from behind) Zenith blade's range is awfully small but fast, yet still requires more skill to use than Blitz or Thresh hooks. Building her pure defense/MR is all good, but she's got no wave clear should the whole team die and she's got to defend base. Small mana pool if building pure tank. No escapes without using summoners/items. Her best support item is Targon/Face of the Mountain, but Ancient coin is needed to survive early-game poke and for continuous gold income. Literally going 0/30/0 on mastery pages is legit. She counters Thresh, Blitz, and Alistar, but they can counter her back. One of the few champions not wearing "skimpy" armor in her classic skin. Really easy to kite against. She can't tank everything. If only she could activate her own passive, like Lux. If her skills scaled off her Armor/MR ratios she'd be used more. It's easy to disappoint the team even if your ult's cooldown is less than a minute.