Leona skill order

Archon X·Sep 11, 2015·1 votes·834 views

I am a 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 after burning E, Q, R, etc.

Thoughts from people more op than me?

9 Comments

InphernalSep 11, 20152 votes

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

Archon XSep 12, 20151 votes

I did not consider doing that, thanks for the idea :)

Muted SummonerSep 11, 20151 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.

OhBoyItsaMegamanSep 11, 20151 votes

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

Archon XSep 12, 20151 votes

I did not consider doing that, thanks for the idea :)

Nick ValentineSep 12, 20151 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.

Der LindwurmSep 12, 20151 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.