Leona vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Leona
based on 2,188 Leona vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Leona vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Leona in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Leona versus Sivir counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sivir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Sivir
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Who is Better, Leona or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Sivir, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter for Sivir.
While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Sivir, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Leona into Sivir.
Furthermore, Leona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Sivir matchups, Leona is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Leona is a decent counter for Sivir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona to counter Sivir during both the early game 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 should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Sivir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Leona versus Sivir build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Sivir than with many other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 51.0% battling Sivir with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Sivir 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. Of all the runes players picked for Leona vs Sivir battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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