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How to Win Leona vs Ahri Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Leona in LoLLeona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Leona

based on 4,038 Leona vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
54.5 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our data, Leona battled Ahri in 4038 rounds. With so many games with Leona versus Ahri provides us confidence in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a recommended build to annihilate your enemy. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Leona fights Ahri in only 2.9% of her games.

Leona vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of countering Ahri. Normally, she wins a terrific 54.5% of games the champions fight each other in. In Leona vs Ahri games, Leona’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Ahri.

Best Leona vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureUnending DespairKnight's VowTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Ahri

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Leona vs Ahri Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
54.5 %
VS
Win Rate
45.5 %
Ahri Image
2.1
< Kills >
6.1
6
< Deaths >
5.6
13.2
< Assists >
7.7
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
32
< Minions Killed >
160
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
2,728
< Physical Damage >
1,425
6,475
< Magic Damage >
14,431
948
< True Damage >
5,595
10,152
< Damage Dealt >
21,452
22,826
< Damage Taken >
19,598
8,519
< Gold Earned >
11,009
1.55
< Towers >
1.88
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,755
< Total Healing >
4,574
10,434
< Experience >
13,867
54
< Vision Score >
19
23
< Wards Placed >
9
219
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Ahri with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some important Leona versus Ahri counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ahri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Ahri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Ahri

Who is Better, Leona or Ahri?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter for Ahri.

While Leona does have a much higher win rate than Ahri, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Ahri.

Additionally, Leona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Ahri matchups, Leona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Leona is a great counter to Ahri. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Leona against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

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Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Leona, we analyzed 4,038 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ahri as Leona comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Leona to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona on average accumulates a lot less CS as Ahri. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Leona versus Ahri build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Ahri than with many other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 54.5% battling Ahri with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Ahri as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Leona vs Ahri fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Leona are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.