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

Leona vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Leona in LoLLeona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Volibear as Leona

based on 3,024 Leona vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. In our database, Leona battled Volibear 3024 times. Including so many games with Leona vs Volibear gives us confidence in our capacity to provide actionable statistics and a solid build to crush your opponent. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Leona is forced to battle against Volibear in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Leona vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of beating Volibear. On average, she wins a terrific 54.1% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Leona vs Volibear games, Leona’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Leona vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

TrailblazerForce of NatureKnight's VowBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
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Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
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
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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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Guide to Countering Volibear as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Volibear

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 Volibear Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Volibear Image
2.1
< Kills >
5.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.8
13.7
< Assists >
6.1
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
31
< Minions Killed >
126
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.5
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,823
< Physical Damage >
10,568
6,674
< Magic Damage >
8,238
939
< True Damage >
723
10,437
< Damage Dealt >
19,529
22,305
< Damage Taken >
32,499
8,516
< Gold Earned >
11,378
1.59
< Towers >
2.42
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
2,763
< Total Healing >
8,143
10,450
< Experience >
13,825
53
< Vision Score >
18
23
< Wards Placed >
8
234
< Time Dealing CC >
534

How to Counter Volibear with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several influential Leona vs. Volibear counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between these two champions. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Volibear. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Leona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Volibear. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Volibear

Who is Better, Leona or Volibear?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter for Volibear.

While Leona does have a much higher winrate than Volibear, when facing one another, Leona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Volibear.

Additionally, Leona has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Volibear matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Leona is a great counter to Volibear. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Volibear.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Leona, we analyzed 3,024 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 Volibear 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona often racks up a lot less CS compared to Volibear. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Leona versus Volibear build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Volibear than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 54.1% battling Volibear with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Volibear as Leona, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Leona vs Volibear LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.

If you need to get Leona versus Volibear tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and build suggestions displayed are computed using every round with data with these champs.