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

Leona vs Nilah

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

based on 2,417 Leona vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Leona came out of an analysis of 2417 ranked matches where both champions battled one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Leona is forced to battle against Nilah in only 1.7% of her matches.

Leona vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a below average job of beating Nilah. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.1% of games the champs face each other in. In Leona vs Nilah matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Leona vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNull-Magic Mantle

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

BloodsongKnight's VowTrailblazerForce 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 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
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
12
E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Nilah as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Nilah

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 Nilah Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Nilah Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6.9
13.9
< Assists >
6.5
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
32
< Minions Killed >
168
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.54
2,780
< Physical Damage >
18,518
6,936
< Magic Damage >
170
974
< True Damage >
463
10,690
< Damage Dealt >
19,151
22,364
< Damage Taken >
23,452
8,497
< Gold Earned >
12,648
1.53
< Towers >
2.65
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,742
< Total Healing >
8,236
10,569
< Experience >
13,015
54
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
230
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Nilah with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some important Leona vs. Nilah counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nilah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Nilah

Who is Better, Leona or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually loses when trying to fight Nilah, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Leona does have a lower win rate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Nilah.

Moreover, Leona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Leona is a somewhat poor counter for Nilah. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Nilah.

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 Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Leona, we analyzed 2,417 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 Nilah 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Nilah 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Nilah. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Leona versus Nilah build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Nilah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Nilah as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Leona vs Nilah LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Leona x Nilah tips and builds for a an individual rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all rounds completed with both champs.