Leona vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Leona
based on 3,708 Leona vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Evelynn
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 Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Leona vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Leona vs. Evelynn matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Evelynn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Evelynn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Leona or Evelynn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Evelynn, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a great counter for Evelynn.
While Leona does have a much higher winrate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Leona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Evelynn.
Additionally, Leona also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Evelynn matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Leona is a great counter for Evelynn. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Evelynn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona often racks up more CS relative to Evelynn. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Leona versus Evelynn build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Evelynn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Evelynn as Leona, Leona players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Leona vs Evelynn counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.2% win rate overall.
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