AD Leona almost viable.... Riot please help

REDREX7·5/28/2016, 11:40:44 PM·32 votes·2,919 views

I have been playing more and more leona and I have got to say AD leona is quite fun and strong but lacks certain ratios to make it viable... If at least one of her abilities such as her W or E had an ad ratio she would be really viable and fun. Her aoe damage is decent right now with her W,E, R and ravenous hydra but still falls off later in the game because none of them have ratios on it. Leona right now has an insane level 2 all in and can snowball her lane easily off of it... She is gonna be really strong with the new trinity force buffs... 45% cdr ad leona omg. Riot please consider giving her some ad ratios. Her ap ratios suck and it does not feel worth it to go ap, maybe remove them and give her ad ratios. They do not even have to be good ad ratios... just something. Let the Radiant Dawn Leona have some damage with her Zenith blade! Let her force people to praise the sun!! Let solo lane Leona be viable.

So I have been testing a damage oriented build leona that would only be good in the jungle, mid, and against none tank top laners. Runes is 15% cdr through runes and masteries at the start of the game, masteries 8/12/0, It feels pretty good. Rush a trinity force or ravenous and see for yourselves.

67 Comments

Slamurai Jack5/29/2016, 12:10:01 AM16 votes

To be fair, Leona already has a 200% effective AD ratio because her Q is a double auto reset. It wouldn't take much more to make her truly viable top lane though; a bit higher base AS or AS per level would be huge.

Jabberwöcky5/29/2016, 12:18:21 AM6 votes

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Azlagor5/29/2016, 2:39:38 AM5 votes

i think a small ratio on E(she uses her god damn blade) would be fitting, and already enough. If used correctly, leona is already a terrifying laner, and as tank she scales quite well into late. It certainly wouldn't need much to get bruiser or ad leopna somewhat viable aswell.

1011001110005/29/2016, 7:30:15 PM1 votes

0.4% AD ratio on her E or something? Why not, she's technically using her sword anyway.

hOrnn5/29/2016, 7:35:43 PM1 votes

just rush trinity, she can basically carry with that item.

Primaquarius5/29/2016, 7:37:14 PM1 votes

Have Q damage be something like 10/30/50/70/90 (+30% Bonus AD) additional on a basic attack

TotalJerk5/30/2016, 12:00:02 AM1 votes

Leona being viable in a solo lane is honestly one of the scariest fucking things I can imagine.

stillserenity5/30/2016, 6:36:20 PM1 votes

whahahahahahaha bow before the true top leona THE AP LEONA whahahahahaha

Luna Ather Solis6/2/2016, 11:49:45 PM1 votes

i think giving leona a new passive would be much better, something similar to sunfire capes passive

diana, ekko and kalye get to synergize with nashor's tooth, and zed gets duskblade which "basically" gives him 2 ults, so leona getting a sunfire like passive is not asking for much

Remlap12235/29/2016, 2:04:52 AM1 votes

What if Leona's passive could self detonate after 3 hits?

Arakadia5/29/2016, 7:40:55 AM1 votes

Be careful riot if you do this. Too high of base damages could lead to a similar problem to tank Ekko.