Leona vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Leona
based on 13,605 Leona vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Leona vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Leona vs. Caitlyn matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between these two champions. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Leona or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Caitlyn, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a great counter to Caitlyn.
While Leona does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Leona also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Caitlyn matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Leona is a great counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Leona in order to counter Caitlyn 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 stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Leona versus Caitlyn build consist of Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Caitlyn than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 53.4% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Leona, Leona players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Leona vs Caitlyn counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.4% win rate overall.
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