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Leona vs Gragas

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How to Beat Gragas as Leona

based on 2,296 Leona vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
56.5 %
K/D/A
2.7
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Leona resulted from an analysis of 2296 ranked matches where both champions faced off against each other. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Leona is forced to battle against Gragas in only 1.6% of her games.

Leona vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of countering Gragas. Typically, she wins a fantastic 56.5% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Leona vs Gragas rounds, Leona’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Gragas.

Best Leona vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Force of NatureBloodsongFrozen HeartTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Leona vs Gragas Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
56.5 %
VS
Win Rate
43.5 %
Gragas Image
2.1
< Kills >
5.7
6
< Deaths >
6.1
14.1
< Assists >
7.5
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
32
< Minions Killed >
106
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.55
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.34
2,832
< Physical Damage >
1,414
6,841
< Magic Damage >
17,920
980
< True Damage >
677
10,654
< Damage Dealt >
20,012
23,137
< Damage Taken >
29,279
8,676
< Gold Earned >
11,075
1.66
< Towers >
1.41
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
2,773
< Total Healing >
11,695
10,673
< Experience >
13,716
56
< Vision Score >
20
24
< Wards Placed >
8
230
< Time Dealing CC >
408

How to Counter Gragas with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some vital Leona vs. Gragas matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Gragas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Gragas

Who is Better, Leona or Gragas?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when taking on Gragas, with a 56.5% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a fantastic counter to Gragas.

While Leona does have a much higher winrate compared to Gragas, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Gragas.

Furthermore, Leona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Gragas matchups, Leona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Leona is a great counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Gragas.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Leona, we analyzed 2,296 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 Gragas as Leona 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.

Other Useful Resources

Leona Build Gragas Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Leona to counter Gragas 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona most often gets a lot less CS relative to Gragas. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Leona versus Gragas build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Gragas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 56.5% when playing against Gragas with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Gragas as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Leona vs Gragas fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 56.5% winrate overall.

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