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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Leona Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Kha'Zix

based on 3,570 Kha'Zix vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our data, Kha'Zix fought Leona in 3570 games. Including so many matchups for Kha'Zix versus Leona provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide useful data and a supported build to crush Leona. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Kha'Zix fights Leona in only 3.3% of his games.

Kha'Zix vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kha'Zix has done a awful job of countering Leona. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champions face each other in. In Kha'Zix versus Leona rounds, Kha'Zix’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood versus Leona.

Best Kha'Zix vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeHubris

Optional Items

Guardian AngelAxiom ArcMaw of MalmortiusOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Leona as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Leona

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Leona Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Leona Image
7.6
< Kills >
2.1
6.4
< Deaths >
5.8
6.5
< Assists >
13.4
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
26
< Minions Killed >
32
1.59
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,586
< Physical Damage >
2,747
1,021
< Magic Damage >
6,528
1,005
< True Damage >
956
18,613
< Damage Dealt >
10,231
32,921
< Damage Taken >
22,561
12,503
< Gold Earned >
8,613
0.99
< Towers >
1.65
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
16,031
< Total Healing >
2,681
13,626
< Experience >
10,653
23
< Vision Score >
58
6
< Wards Placed >
25
216
< Time Dealing CC >
227

How to Counter Leona with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight several critical Kha'Zix against Leona counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Kha'Zix normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Leona. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Leona

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Leona?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Leona.

While Kha'Zix does have a much lower winrate than Leona, when they face off with one another, Kha'Zix also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kha'Zix into Leona.

Furthermore, Kha'Zix also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix 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 team members during team fights.

Kha'Zix is a garbage counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Leona.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 3,570 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 Kha'Zix 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix to counter Leona during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Leona build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Hubris. When Kha'Zix used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Leona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Leona with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Leona as Kha'Zix, Kha'Zix players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kha'Zix vs Leona battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.

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