Leona skill order

Archon X·9/11/2015, 1:35:17 AM·1 votes·834 views

I am a Leona fan. She is my second most played champ this season by mastery score and in ranked I have a 56% winrate with her (not great, but at least it's positive)

So for skill order, for levels 1-3 it's pretty standard, Q, E, W, then following maxing W.

The question is what to max second, Q or E? Most of the guides say to max Q second, but I prefer E. My reasoning is that the main reason to max either is to reduce its cooldown, and during a teamfight I am more likely to be able to E someone on a second cast than Q them. Even though Q is better for its vastly longer stun, and being a stun as opposed to just an immobilization, as Leona in particular I find it more likely that I will be out of position with regard to protecting a carry than with someone like Janna after burning E, Q, R, summoner 3 etc.

Thoughts from people more op than me?

9 Comments

Inphernal9/11/2015, 1:24:54 PM2 votes

You should balance out leveling between Q and E so that they have roughly the same cooldown

OhBoyItsaMegaman9/11/2015, 12:59:03 PM1 votes

After I have 3 points in E, I alternate Q and E so that their cooldowns remain the same.

Muted Summoner9/11/2015, 1:44:10 AM1 votes

E is better imo. needs it to gap close in longer duration team fights. It can also hit more than 1 champions as well. If your E is down for Leona in Lane you will be poked because they know its down same as Blitz and Thresh's hooks.

Der Lindwurm9/12/2015, 12:16:50 AM1 votes

I prioritize Q, then W, then finally E. Once you have one level of E it does the main thing you need it to do, though shorter cooldowns help of course.

Renaille9/12/2015, 12:23:31 AM1 votes

Start Q or situationally E, then at level 2 skill up E/Q and then max W. Max Q second

Aeolian Melodies9/12/2015, 12:03:04 PM1 votes

Haven't played Leona in a long time, but I always did W > Q > E because I preferred the longer stun to slightly more frequent Es.

Nick Valentine9/12/2015, 12:12:44 AM1 votes

You should level Q because Q has more opportunities. You can use it by walking up to someone or a secondary stun in teamfight. If you're finding yourself using zenith blade twice in a fight, it was probably too messy to have been taken full advantage of.

Zenith Blade does have more damage and should be used in a big wombo combo style team. In generally Q is safer for solo queue.