Leona vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Leona
based on 2,396 Leona vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Aurelion Sol
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Advice to Win Against Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Leona vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Leona vs. Aurelion Sol counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aurelion Sol. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Aurelion Sol. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Leona or Aurelion Sol?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Aurelion Sol, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a good counter for Aurelion Sol.
While Leona does have a higher win rate than Aurelion Sol, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Aurelion Sol.
Moreover, Leona also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Leona is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Leona is a decent counter for Aurelion Sol. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Leona against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Aurelion Sol during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Aurelion Sol. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Leona versus Aurelion Sol build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Aurelion Sol than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Aurelion Sol with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Aurelion Sol as Leona, Leona players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Leona vs Aurelion Sol fights, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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