# Leona Counters Who counters Leona? Best and worst picks against Leona by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Leona in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) ## Page Content [Leona guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) [Play against Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/how-to-play-against/) [Leona counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/counters/) Best and worst picks against Leona in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Zyra, Sona and Maokai beat Leona most often. Pyke, Pantheon and Vel'Koz win the laning phase against Leona by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Leona Highest win rate versus Leona in Support. - 1 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 999 games 55.0% - 2 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 536 games 53.9% - 3 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 653 games 52.4% - 4 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 2,094 games 51.8% - 5 [Renata Glasc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renata/) 376 games 51.6% - 6 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 278 games 51.4% - 7 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 1,079 games 51.3% - 8 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 1,744 games 51.1% - 9 [Janna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/janna/) 1,217 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Leona Lowest win rate versus Leona in Support. - 1 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 271 games 41.3% - 2 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 1,479 games 43.8% - 3 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 804 games 43.9% - 4 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 1,058 games 44.1% - 5 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 3,154 games 44.3% - 6 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 236 games 44.5% - 7 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 150 games 45.3% - 8 [Blitzcrank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/blitzcrank/) 2,010 games 45.6% - 9 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 1,511 games 46.5% - 10 [Rell](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rell/) 993 games 46.7% - 11 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 1,097 games 47.0% - 12 [Fiddlesticks](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiddlesticks/) 123 games 47.1% - 13 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 550 games 47.3% - 14 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 184 games 47.3% - 15 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 160 games 47.5% ## Best lane counters vs Leona Largest gold lead over Leona at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 552 games +570 - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 484 games +476 - 3 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 304 games +463 - 4 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 612 games +443 - 5 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 442 games +408 - 6 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 1,189 games +379 - 7 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 411 games +357 - 8 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 997 games +349 - 9 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 277 games +320 - 10 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 160 games +307 - 11 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 442 games +279 - 12 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 475 games +244 - 13 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 493 games +243 - 14 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 263 games +227 - 15 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 334 games +171 ## How to play against Leona Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Stand outside E range after failed trades and punish when it misses. - Keep the wave from freezing near her side; long lanes give her repeated all-in angles. - Respect her Flash-R range when entering river; clear vision before carries walk forward. - Bait E with a frontliner, then move in while her follow-up is weaker. - Save cleanse, shields, or peel for the teammate she locks down first. ## Where Leona is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Leona has no clean retreat after engaging, so failed lockdown leaves her stranded in enemy damage. - Leona's pressure depends on allied follow-up because her own damage rarely finishes targets through protection. ## Leona counters: questions ### Who counters Leona in Support? At Gold+, Zyra (55.0%), Sona (53.9%) and Maokai (52.4%) have the highest win rates against Leona. ### Who does Leona counter? Leona wins most often against Ashe (41.3%), Yuumi (43.8%) and Bard (43.9%). ### Who wins lane against Leona? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Pyke (+570), Pantheon (+476) and Vel'Koz (+463) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Leona. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Pyke counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/counters/) - [Pantheon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)