What masteries do you prefer when playing as a tank support like Leona or Braum?

darkdill·Feb 20, 2015·1 votes·705 views

I see so many builds suggesting 0/9/21 masteries for tank/support Champions, but I really dislike those as they just KILL your durability. Without Legendary Guardian, Tenacious, or Perseverance, you just feel so damn squishy as a Leona. What's the point of being initiator if you die automatically before doing anything?

That's why I go 0/24/6 masteries. The higher-end utility masteries just don't feel useful to me as Leona or Braum when you're supposed to be tanking.

10 Comments

Drunk RummateFeb 20, 20151 votes

i do 0-21-9

biscuits and movespeed are too good to give up.

darkdillFeb 20, 20151 votes

I take health regen quints, so biscuits aren't necessary. That extra health regeneration off the bat makes Sona pokes little more than an annoyance.

Drunk RummateFeb 20, 20151 votes

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I take health regen quints, so biscuits aren't necessary. That extra health regeneration off the bat makes Sona pokes little more than an annoyance.

Or you could take 2 armor quints, a magic resist quint, and get your biscuits instead :) its 20 hp on demand plus 10% duration on all your potions. they're realllly good!

darkdillFeb 20, 20151 votes

Health regen quints also help me when I go jungle Leona. Since she has slow clear speed, they do better than armor quints.

Armor and MR quints also don't permit you to stay when low; they don't let you recover more quickly.

BakedLotionFeb 20, 20151 votes

Go full AD and rush triforce. Cause I'm cool like that.

Delta F508Feb 20, 20151 votes

I just go 0-21-9 with a mix of Armor and MR Reds, Armor Yellows, MR Blues, and GP10 Quints. :) Hope this helps.

TheI3igDaddyFeb 20, 20151 votes

I prefer 0/9/21 masteries because the utility will help you all game. You're going to be building the tank supports...tanky, so the defensive tree isn't as good to spec in. You get more MS, gold generation, and a bit of CDR from the utility tree.

Putting 21 or more into defensive is still totally viable though, you'll just be missing the extra gold at the start (which lets you start with a support item, a ward, and 2 potions/ biscuits) and the movement speed.

ZarxisFeb 20, 20151 votes

I prefer 0/21/9. I get a ton of tankiness, some health and mana regen, biscuits, some movement speed... 21 in utility still isn't worth it for most champions. 0/30/0 is workable, but I'd rather have the extra MS and health/mana regen from the 9 points in utility.

illusydaraAug 30, 20151 votes

With Leo, I like 9/21/0. Your early game is amazing, but if you dont know your adc or make too many mistakes, it's your ass. The setup everyone else mentioned is usually best. I like AD runes too.