I have been playing a lot of support recently, and I think that the next champ I'm gonna get will be 
, mainly because I want to have more than 3 supports that I know how to play as (
) and I have the PROJECT skin shard in hextech crafting right now. I just want to know some good builds for , so that would be appreciated if I could get a good build for her.
lightdragoon883 votesFirst: Congrants on PROJECT: Leona. That made me want to play Leona and It just clicked for me. She is my main tank support.
Friendly Ram1 votesLeona is a good diving support. i normally go 
/
if they have 3ap sources 
if you are getting dived. Feel free to experiment with whatever works for you.
TTK Dreadnought1 votesLeona top 
ElMcChicken011 votesI plan on playing her as support, not top
TTK Dreadnought1 votesWhile i did see that, its always fun to do on occasion.
Leona, nautilus, and thresh are all amazing picks and i suggest you look into nautilus and thresh after leona.
Thresh is like the lee sin of supports imo
JavelinJoe1 votesThresh is overall the best support for any time you are unsure of how your match-up is. He is the ideal support champion for using as a fall back if things go south in picks and bans.
Thresh is like the lee sin of supports imo
Kinda, just way more consistent from game to game in terms of how good he can be.
MilSpec821 votesMy first item is usually Talisman of Ascension or Face of the Mountain. Then I go for Knight's Vow. KV is always my second item when I'm support Leona. Redemption or Iron Locket of the Solari for third and fourth item not really in that order. I then figure out if I need MR or Armor.
For MR: I usually pick Spirit Visage and Mikael's Crucible.
For Armor: Iceborn Gauntlet and Frozen Heart.
It's never perfect for every game but it'll get you through till you get her figured out well enough.
Kouga1 votesGenerally speaking, typical tank build should work for her - Leona doesn't need to do damage, your job is to dish out oodles of CC and either lock down the enemy carry or peel for yours, depending on the fight. Standard start - Relic Shield into FotM, Sightstone for vision, then start building tank against the enemy team comp. Since Leona's W grants her bonus Armor/MR that scales with her armor/MR I find it more useful to stack resistances over health. Naturally you'll want to get both as a tank, but I would lean towards a MR/Armor heavy item over an HP heavy item 
, since the more resistances you have, the more you'll get from W. Makes her incredibly tanky
The Fuzzy 0ne1 votes
are the core items imo. the ruby sightstone passive is too good to pass up, redemption is a must have on supps right now too. For boots, it depends on how the game is going but lately I get 
or vs a high cc team . For your last item it's uaully a good idea to get or if you're ahead or 
JavelinJoe1 votesOk, as an old Leona main, I can say she is a quality choice in almost any match-up.
Standard builds are your usual tanky-support builds.
Basically always have and whatever 3 other tanky items you feel like you need. Good options are 
depending on match-up obviously. While I personally do not suggest you do unless you have a bunch of actives, you can swap out for and if it is your personal preference. Some also suggest 
if you like.
For masteries, there are 2 good ones you should choose from:
You can use standard tank runes (flat health/scaling health, armor, mr, and movement speed).
Skill order I usually go is:
Support Match-ups:
Good:
Bad
Basically the lower the ability to counter engage, the better the match-up is for Leona. NEVER pick her into Morgana and Janna since they will deny the shit out of you every time you try to engage, making you feel very sad and useless. It is not fun.
ADCs Leona works with: ALL of them.
Yep she is at least ok with all of them. But specifically good with 
. These 5 are amazing with her since 3 of them have follow up hard CC and MF and Lucian can easily ult for their full channels in almost every engage.
Her worst ADCs are 
and 
since none of them offer any useful follow up CC (Tristana's ult does not keep enemies in place which does not allow Leona to keep fighting / continue to hard CC them) and usually Ez is farming from range with Q and Sivir/Tristana are hard pushing the wave under enemy tower where Leona, while tanky, does not want to always fight.
Last thoughts, just play like any melee support. She has early game power spikes at level 2, 3, and 6 when she gains her additional CC and tankyness. I suggest going in anytime you have a level advantage. Play her aggressively too. She is an engager, and if she is is best at punishing mistakes and errors in positioning. I sometimes pick one of the enemy bot laners to focus and just look to shut them down and cause them to tilt by killing them, then immediately engaging them right as they get back to lane, hopefully killing them again, or at least forcing a back. Trust me, this enrages players almost instantly.
Titanium701 votesWhy would you go for 0-12? I dont really understand that, tbh.
I'm not a Leona main - but she is my go to when autofilled.
Sure. MS, Pots, Mana and either Gold or Game are all good... but compared to 12-0 especially during the important Level 2 and early in general isnt DMG the thing you want the most, from your ally as well as from your selfe?
I'd gor 12-0 in,,, let's say 70% of all matchups 0-12 just into few I know I will suffer in dunno... EzrealxJanna or w/e xD
That being said.. in gerneal: I play a super aggressive lane if I can I even opt some ADmarks into save match ups (RIP Hybrid PEN.. although... maybe I should give it a try with 60%).
[EDIT: Just playtested: SCREW HYBRID PEN!]
JavelinJoe1 votesYeah never go hybrid pen ever unless you are maybe Kat or some shit like that. And her W scales bonus Armor and MR, so the runes help a bit there before you can grab your early Armor and MR items.
Also, if anything, the 12-0 damage increase is nothing massive at level 2, it is something, just not a whole lot. But, mana/health issues are a big deal since you are melee and have no real ranged abilities that are not an engage and none of your abilities regen your health/mana. So by having biscuits and merciless, you have that extra health/mana regen for fighting and recovering.
I would not say 12-0 is bad, but it is heavily dependent on how competent your ADC is since every engage needs to be all in since you will spend a shit ton of mana doing so. It also requires your ADC to hit your picked target for that extra 3% damage. You also have to remember, you are Leona, not a "carry" support. You do not need to deal damage, just provide an ass load of hard CC.
Here is another thing to consider, Leona's passive. It marks enemies Leona recently damaged (3.5s window) and deals increased damage when an ally hits that marked target. That is enough to make up the difference between 12-0 and 0-12, at least in my opinion.
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Anyways. Your main job as Leona is to make one particular enemy's day a living hell. Early game, with CoC, you can E W Q in, and let your ADC get some free harass (your shield from CoC will mean you don't lose much health, if any!). Be aggressive, but not stupid. In team phase, stay back, until it's time to go in, then use your basic combo. Ult only the fleeing squishy, the assassin that's dived you, or if you can 5-man stun it.
You won't need 
, so don't worry about that. Go 
and 
, like every other support.
I typically take 
(it recommends , but I prefer the lower OOC MS and the higher in-combat MS than the reverse on everyone. Cloud drake is more than enough OOC MS, and you'll still be faster than just about anyone) and ( situationally replacing , if it ever becomes useful again), with 
as a trinket, and I typically max QWE. Q for more stuns (and a bit more damage), W gives more tankiness, and E last because you typically only need to go in once to each combat, although it may be better to max it first against slippery targets. (Always max W either first or second, though!)