Illaoi vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Illaoi
based on 2,691 Illaoi vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Leona Counter Build
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Core Illaoi Items
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Guide to Countering Leona as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Leona
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Illaoi against Leona matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Illaoi normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Leona
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Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Illaoi or Leona?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when facing off against Leona, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes an ok counter for Leona.
While Illaoi does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Leona.
Moreover, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
Additional Information for Illaoi Players
How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Leona Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Leona during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi typically racks up much more CS as Leona. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Leona build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Leona with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Leona as Illaoi, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Illaoi vs Leona matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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