Champion Builds: Mid AP on-hit bruiser Leona.

HyperTechno·Nov 7, 2018·2 votes·5,004 views

I was playing around on the PBE then I came up with a silly Leona build. But I think it could work. (If there are any, pro players who are willing to test it for fun on a draft game and give me feedback that would be great. I will be testing it too.)

The build is kinda late game-ish, and I found on the PBE that a full combo, R-W-Q-E-Ignite-AAx4 dealt about 3800 Magic damage with a full build. While still remaining tanky, thanks to the armor, Mr, and her W.

But essentially, your three important items are: .

Start:

Boots:

Offensive items:

Defensive Items:

Enforcer items:

Tell me in the comments if you think its troll or viable.

9 Comments

ShallowillowNov 8, 20183 votes

almost forgot her best advantage is with duo stuns(another stun ally) this allows near perma stun

AlzonNov 8, 20181 votes

Leona Sion otp

TegashNov 8, 20183 votes

See my other comment below.

Rabadon's and Nashor's are definitely great items, but I think the build can be tweaked. Other than that, this build is definitely viable. AP toplane Leo has been played for a long time and they ain't about to stop lol. So first things first, if you're against an AP lane, you're gonna wanna rush item 3001 . It'll keep you alive against their poke and give you some tank stats/survivability. If you're against an AD heavy lane, you want item 3157 . It'll help get you through early. If you need to spam cast your abilities, just get the item 3191 and then start on item 3802 . Finally, if you're against a tank, feel free to rush either item 3285 or item 3003 , whichever you prefer or think will help you more against the enemy team. You're going to want item 3001 regardless, but you don't have to rush it if you don't need to. Zhonya's on the other hand is completely optional.

After that, your build varies. If you're going sustain AP bruiser, as you prefer in your initial statement, your build will look something like this:

item 3001 item 3091 item 3100 item 3151 item 3115 , item 3111 / item 3047

If you're going burst AP assassin, it will look more like this:

item 3285 item 3100 item 3089 item 3135 item 3165 , item 3020

These are the two extremes, and your build can be either or anywhere in between. But these are good places to start.

Happy hunting. :)

ShallowillowNov 8, 20182 votes

hi i wouldnt go marksman (extend the reach) leona without friends nor attack speed leona nor etc unless they buffed her i played her last, youre fine the more items you have. zyphor would of been ideal core item but it was removed when i used it on leona bv and triforce maybe as a ghost dive, but thats not what youre asking. the ap idk if it scales well with leona, unless you use runes to just stupid stack from exp if you gain ALOTTA attack speed the sheen will slow down your dps, correct me if im wrong. lysandra is more viable the longer the fight and even more valuable with poke. i find leona best in ambush/surprise esp bush/brush. without sustain, and riots distaste for brusiers(my favorite) idk juggarnaut? tanky dps?? iperfered shredding turrets and opponents with a hyper carry version(but itll get nerfed) idk

gl goodday

AhpeNov 8, 20181 votes

It's troll because her passive is useless unless you get ganked, she deals absolutely no damage early game and she has bad AP ratios.

TegashNov 8, 20183 votes

I'm... not sure where you're getting the "bad AP ratios" from.

Her ratio on Q is 30%, yes. But since she's a Lich Bane builder, because her Q is an AA empower, Lich Bane effectively increases her Q AP ratio to 80%, which is huge. You get close to 1000 AP on her with that, that's 800 scaling damage and 110 base.

Her W and E have 40% AP ratios respectively, but they both have 220 base damage, which is respectable. Even with a smallish AP amount, like 400, that's still almost 400 magic damage per hit of each ability.

Her R has an 80% AP scaling in an AoE and a base damage of 250. With Luden's that's basically a one-shot to any squishy in the game, and if not you can instantly follow up for a kill. In addition to that, her ult empowers her next 3/4/5 autos, essentially giving her a whopping 95% AP scaling on Q with Lich Bane pop, and an extra 50 magic damage on top per hit.

AhpeNov 8, 20181 votes

Her passive tho
She's melee going into a lane where a lot of her matchups will be ranged
Her ratios are decent but they're not on low cooldowns; at rank 5 not one of her basic abilities have a base cooldown below 6 seconds.

TegashNov 8, 20181 votes

Yeah, it doesn't give her anything in lane. Great for ganks but otherwise pbbththth. Meanwhile, Wukong and several other toplaners also don't have passives (unless you're willing to call 5 armor and mr a passive) in lane, yet they still performed well for over 3 years.
Nobody... said this was in the midlane. I specifically made recommendations for Leona top. And besides, 90% of her matchups in bot are ranged too, and she does just fine.
Building AP you're going to be hitting 40% CDR optimally. That 6 second Q will become 3.5, letting her proc Lich Bane on it multiple times in a fight very easily. Her W will go from 10 to 6, meaning she can use it twice in a fight (which she won't need to if she bursts them down hard enough and theyre not a tank). Her E will go down to 5 seconds, meaning you can never get away from her unless you're a champ like Camille or Kai'Sa. And her R will be at an unholy 35 second cooldown. It will be up every fight, every pick, and every kill.

AhpeNov 8, 20181 votes

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Yeah, it doesn't give her anything in lane. Great for ganks but otherwise pbbththth. Meanwhile, Wukong and several other toplaners also don't have passives (unless you're willing to call 5 armor and mr a passive) in lane, yet they still performed well for over 3 years.

Wukong actually does damage and name those several other top laners.

Also Leona has a passive that can be only be used by allies, you know what that means? It's not optimal to play her kit solo so if you're already with ally why not just build tank and offer more to your team?

Nobody... said this was in the midlane. I specifically made recommendations for Leona top.

My bad

And besides, 90% of her matchups in bot are ranged too, and she does just fine.

That's because it's a duo lane not a solo lane,

Building AP you're going to be hitting 40% CDR optimally. That 6 second Q will become 3.5, letting her proc Lich Bane on it multiple times in a fight very easily. Her W will go from 10 to 6, meaning she can use it twice in a fight (which she won't need to if she bursts them down hard enough and theyre not a tank). Her E will go down to 5 seconds, meaning you can never get away from her unless you're a champ like Camille or Kai'Sa. And her R will be at an unholy 35 second cooldown. It will be up every fight, every pick, and every kill.

Kinda sucks that you'll have to wait 35 seconds to actually 1v1.