Darius vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Darius
based on 5,013 Darius vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Leona
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Darius vs. Leona matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Darius usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Leona
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Who is Better, Darius or Leona?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 46.4% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a bad counter to Leona.
While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Darius also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Darius into Leona.
Furthermore, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Darius is a trash counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually racks up much more CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Darius versus Leona build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Darius bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Leona than with most other common builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Leona as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Darius vs Leona battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.4% winrate overall.
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