Caitlyn vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Caitlyn
based on 13,605 Caitlyn vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Leona
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Caitlyn vs. Leona matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Caitlyn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Leona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Leona
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Leona?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a poor counter to Leona.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Leona, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Caitlyn into Leona.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a terribly counter for Leona. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often gets much more CS as Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Leona build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Leona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 46.6% battling Leona with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Leona as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Caitlyn vs Leona matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Leona as Caitlyn are shown for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.