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

Leona vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Leona in LoLLeona is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Leona

based on 8,326 Leona vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
44.7 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Lillia as Leona resulted from an evaluation of 8326 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Leona encounters Lillia in only 6.0% of her games.

Leona vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a pathetic job of beating Lillia. Typically, she wins a lowly 44.7% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Leona against Lillia matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will get first blood against Lillia.

Best Leona vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Leona Items

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

Optional Items

Unending DespairKaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanSunfire Aegis

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 HasteHealth ScalingTenacity and Slow 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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Q
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Lillia

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.

Leona vs Lillia Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
44.7 %
VS
Win Rate
55.3 %
Lillia Image
2
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
5.5
13.1
< Assists >
9.2
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
32
< Minions Killed >
46
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.31
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.46
2,837
< Physical Damage >
847
6,688
< Magic Damage >
17,322
975
< True Damage >
5,794
10,500
< Damage Dealt >
23,963
24,010
< Damage Taken >
40,923
8,502
< Gold Earned >
12,377
1.4
< Towers >
1.45
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
2,805
< Total Healing >
23,269
10,474
< Experience >
14,310
56
< Vision Score >
21
24
< Wards Placed >
6
211
< Time Dealing CC >
424

How to Counter Lillia with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here feature some significant Leona vs. Lillia matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lillia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lillia..

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Lillia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Lillia

Who is Better, Leona or Lillia?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually loses when trying to fight Lillia, with a 44.7% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a bad counter for Lillia.

While Leona does have a much lower winrate compared to Lillia, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Leona into Lillia.

Furthermore, Leona has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Leona is a trash counter for Lillia. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Lillia.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Leona, we analyzed 8,326 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 Lillia 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Lillia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Lillia. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Leona versus Lillia build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Lillia than with most other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 44.7% battling Lillia with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Lillia as Leona, Leona players 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Leona vs Lillia face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.7% winrate overall.

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