Viktor vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Viktor
based on 2,059 Viktor vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Leona
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some vital Viktor vs. Leona matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Viktor normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Leona
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Who is Better, Viktor or Leona?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when playing against Leona, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Viktor makes an ok counter to Leona.
While Viktor does have a lower win rate than Leona, when facing one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Leonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viktor against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor most often racks up much more CS relative to Leona. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Viktor versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Viktor incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Leona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Leona with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Leona as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Viktor vs Leona battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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