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Vi vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Vi in LoLVi is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Vi

based on 3,911 Vi vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our data, Vi engaged Leona 3911 times. Using so many games with Vi vs Leona gives us faith in our capability to provide informative data and a solid build to smash Leona. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Vi has to counter Leona in only 3.6% of her matches.

Vi vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Vi does a below average job of countering Leona. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.6% of matches the champions face each other in. In Vi against Leona matches, Vi’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Leona.

Best Vi vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Vi Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageFrozen HeartDeath's DanceGuardian Angel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vi to level upq
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Second ability for Vi to level upe
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Last skill for Vi to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Vi's passive ability p
Vi's q ability q
Vi's w ability w
Vi's e ability e
Vi's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Leona as Vi

Tips for Playing as Vi against Leona

A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.

Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.

Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.

Advice to Win Against Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Vi vs Leona Counter Stats

Vi Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Leona Image
6.1
< Kills >
2.2
6.4
< Deaths >
5.9
8.4
< Assists >
13.8
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
33
< Minions Killed >
32
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.45
15,582
< Physical Damage >
2,786
78
< Magic Damage >
6,632
922
< True Damage >
941
16,583
< Damage Dealt >
10,360
29,750
< Damage Taken >
22,847
11,469
< Gold Earned >
8,614
1.33
< Towers >
1.55
0.32
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,049
< Total Healing >
2,767
13,195
< Experience >
10,518
22
< Vision Score >
55
6
< Wards Placed >
23
277
< Time Dealing CC >
245

How to Counter Leona with Vi in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Vi against Leona counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Vi usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Leona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vi and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Vi
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vi
Leona

Who is Better, Vi or Leona?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vi usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a bad counter for Leona.

While Vi does have a lower win rate than Leona, when they face off with one another, Vi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Leona.

Additionally, Vi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Vi is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vi

Vi Loses Against

BardBard46.9% winrateTaricTaric46.9% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.6% winrate

Vi Wins Against

YuumiYuumi59.8% winrateZeriZeri57.8% winrateNidaleeNidalee57.6% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai57.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

SingedSinged+ 55.3% 2535 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 55.6% 8425 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55.8% 14909 GamesZacZac+ 58.5% 892 Games

Additional Information for Vi Players

How We Calculated Our Vi vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Vi, we analyzed 3,911 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 Leona as Vi 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 truly master Vi to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vi usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Leona. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Vi versus Leona build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Leona than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vi boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing against Leona with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Leona as Vi, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Vi vs Leona battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Leona as Vi are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.