Greedy Leona Build

Mirnas··1 votes·558 views
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Okay, so I was in ranked match a few days ago, playing Leona support, and I was told that I had a greedy build. I don't quite understand what this phrase was pointing out. I (hopefully) added a link to my match, never posted on a forum before so I hope that it works.

As Leona, I usually build tank. We had a top lane Shen who was building tank and a jungle Shyv who switched to building more tanky mid way thru when she realized that she was too squishy. The enemy team had a Twitch and a Fizz, which my team said to target first. And as such, on our last team fight, I went all in after the Twitch to disable him. I figured that the other two tanks could handle the rest of their team, under our turret, but I guessed wrong. I ended up killing the Twitch only to find the rest of their team standing behind me.

My normal build is usually: item 3096, item 3111 or item 3047, item 3068, item 3065, item 2045, item 3110, and item 3001. Sunfire and SV are usually switched up depending on what I am facing. I usally get an Abyss before switching my NM into a FH. A match usually doesn't last long enough to change the NM into a FH. This particular game I had rushed the FH before SV in order to counter Twitch a little better.

Someone pointed out my build and the Shen said, "such a greedy build". Now I am wondering what was meant by that quote? Am I building the wrong items to be tanky with her or were they expecting me to build some more supporty items instead? I normally don't let people's comments bother me too much but this time it was a shock to be called 'greedy'.

4 Comments

IcyPepper1 votes

It's irony for laners to call the support's build greedy... so what if you want to have your own damn build. Nobody criticizes the adc for not buying wards (even tho they should), nobody criticizes the jungler for building "greedy," nobody forces the mid laner to buy wards or buy items beyond damage, and top can do whatever the hell they want.

And you had a sightstone. A fucking sightstone. That gives a whopping 400 health when maxed out and nothing else but wards. That's pretty damn selfless.

And if I were in that game, I would have told that Shen to shut up. He didn't even build item 3190 for teamfights. He didn't build one item that benefits anybody but himself. Neither did anyone else.

Your build is pretty standard for Leona support. Especially since Frozen Heart's passive is pretty helpful and beneficial for your adc during the laning phase.

You're fine. Your teammate was just an asshole.

Edit: Just check warding. Shen put down 12 wards in a 40 minutes game and didn't even upgrade his trinket. That's just pathetic, sad, and selfish. Talk about irony.

Hard4Hamsters1 votes

Yeah. I figured Shen was being an asshole. 12 wards in 40 minutes. Good catch on that one.

Hard4Hamsters1 votes

I couldn't tell you what Shen was actually thinking, but maybe it's due to the lack of utility your build provides. The build would be pretty decent on Leona if she was just a tank, but the other aspects of being a support is getting items that may help your allies more. You don't finish your Talisman in this build which can give your team a speed boost to get out of a dicey situation or help to engage on the enemy team. You also go Sunfire over something like a Randuins which isn't all that bad, especially on Leona, but the slow on Randuins brings more Utility whereas Sunfire brings more damage over time and it can steal minions away from your carries (I will still go Sunfire on supports too given the situation so don't worry too much about it). Frozen Heart is a good buy on a lot of tankier supports as the aura helps in teamfights. Spirit Visage is also "greedy" because it only benefits you. A better alternative for a Support would be an Aegis or a Mikael's because they benefit your team. For a support Leona build, it may look something like this at full build. item 3401 or item 3069 item 3110 item 3190 item 2045 item 3143 item 3047 Of course itemizing against your opponents and taking into consideration if your top laner/jungler has already built Aegis as the auras do not stack (the Taric and Sejuani made this mistake and built 2 Locketts in that game). If that were the case, swap out for a item 3102 or item 3222 if you need MR or enemies have a lot of targeted CC. Abyssal I would not recommend in many circumstances, as you aren't looking to deal heavy damage as Support Leona, and the AP is wasted on you. If your team needs the aura, look to your mid or top laner to build it.

BluePolarizer1 votes

Greedy? This is greedy.

Leona item 2045 item 3078 item 3068 item 3110 item 3111 item 3190

Your build was nowhere near greedy.

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