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Leona vs Nami

How to Beat Nami as Leona in LoLLeona is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Nami as Leona

based on 3,538 Leona vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.59
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our dataset, Leona battled Nami in 3538 rounds. With so many games with Leona vs Nami provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce informative data and a recommended build to smash Nami. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Leona has to counter Nami in only 2.5% of her matches.

Leona vs Nami Matchup Summary

Leona has done a good job of beating Nami. On average, she wins a fantastic 53.3% of games the champs battle each other in. In Leona against Nami rounds, Leona’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Nami.

Best Leona vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Sunfire AegisBloodsongTrailblazerForce of Nature

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 LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
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
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Nami as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Nami

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 Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Leona vs Nami Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Nami Image
2
< Kills >
1.8
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
13
< Assists >
15.3
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
32
< Minions Killed >
24
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.52
2,666
< Physical Damage >
949
6,441
< Magic Damage >
8,552
958
< True Damage >
638
10,066
< Damage Dealt >
10,140
22,505
< Damage Taken >
15,916
8,543
< Gold Earned >
8,419
1.63
< Towers >
2.14
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0
2,729
< Total Healing >
9,395
10,508
< Experience >
10,619
57
< Vision Score >
58
24
< Wards Placed >
25
219
< Time Dealing CC >
203

How to Counter Nami with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several influential Leona vs. Nami counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami..

Leona normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Nami

Who is Better, Leona or Nami?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a great counter for Nami.

While Leona does have a higher winrate than Nami, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Nami.

Additionally, Leona has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Nami 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 teammates during team fights.

Leona is a great counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Nami.

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 Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Leona, we analyzed 3,538 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 Nami 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

Leona Build Nami Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona in order to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nami. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Leona versus Nami build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Nami than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 53.3% battling Nami with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Nami as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Leona vs Nami LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.

If you need to get Leona x Nami tips and counter stats for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are computed using every game run with these champions.