Dark Horses: Jungle Leona (unofficial)

Our Solari in the jungle? Yep, and she rocks it!

---

#Pros

• Absolutely terrifying gank power
• Very tough to kill with Cinderhulk
• Solar Flare has better cooldown than other jungle tank ultimates (except Rammus)
• Pretty decent at counterganks
• Allows you to "trick-pick" by duping the enemy support into taking a Leona lane counter, then countering their counter

#Cons

• Terrible clear speed without Immolation
• Reliant on Gromp starter
• Has no objective control on her own
• Cannot fend off invaders well on her own
• Cannot invade or counterjungle well

The key thing about Jungle Leona is that when she ganks, generally something happens. Either your team could get a kill, or at the very least that Solar Flare could force a Flash-burn. And Leona can afford to be a little frivolous with her Solar Flares because the cooldown of 90 seconds is very generous for a gank-tank. The problem with Jungle Leona, though, is that compared to Nautilus and Sejuani, she's not as good at damage. She's definitely sturdier, though, and her crowd control with 40% CDR can be awe-inspiring.

Give it a whirl, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Personal Masteries: 0/24/6 Personal Runes: AR red, HP/lvl yellow, MR/lvl blue, HPR purple