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How to Win Leona vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Leona in LoLLeona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Leona

based on 5,848 Leona vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
57.4 %
K/D/A
2.76
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our database, Leona did battle with Kai'Sa in 5848 matches. Using so many matchups for Leona versus Kai'Sa provides us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a solid build to suppress Kai'Sa. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Leona encounters Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her matches.

Leona vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a whopping 57.4% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Leona versus Kai'Sa rounds, Leona’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Leona vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Unending DespairBloodsongFrozen HeartTrailblazer

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 HasteMagic ResistMagic 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
1
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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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Leona vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
57.4 %
VS
Win Rate
42.6 %
Kai'Sa Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.5
5.9
< Deaths >
6.6
14.2
< Assists >
6.5
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
32
< Minions Killed >
176
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.43
2,791
< Physical Damage >
11,998
6,700
< Magic Damage >
7,804
951
< True Damage >
470
10,443
< Damage Dealt >
20,272
22,563
< Damage Taken >
19,563
8,682
< Gold Earned >
12,324
1.76
< Towers >
2.02
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
2,761
< Total Healing >
3,983
10,652
< Experience >
12,472
55
< Vision Score >
17
24
< Wards Placed >
8
236
< Time Dealing CC >
43

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Leona in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Leona against Kai'Sa matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Kai'Sa. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Leona or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 57.4% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a fantastic counter for Kai'Sa.

While Leona does have a much higher win rate compared to Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Kai'Sa.

Furthermore, Leona has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Kai'Sa 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 to Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

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

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Leona, we analyzed 5,848 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 Kai'Sa 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 learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Kai'Sa during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically gets a lot less CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Leona versus Kai'Sa build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 57.4% battling Kai'Sa with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Kai'Sa as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Leona vs Kai'Sa fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 57.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kai'Sa as Leona are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.