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How to Win Leona vs Heimerdinger Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Heimerdinger

How to Beat Heimerdinger as Leona in LoLLeona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Heimerdinger as Leona

based on 2,156 Leona vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our dataset, Leona did battle with Heimerdinger in 2156 games. With so many games with Leona versus Heimerdinger gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a pro build to suppress your opponent. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Leona fights Heimerdinger in only 1.5% of her rounds.

Leona vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Leona does a ok job of countering Heimerdinger. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.9% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Leona vs Heimerdinger games, Leona’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Heimerdinger.

Best Leona vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

TrailblazerKnight's VowForce of NatureKaenic Rookern

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 HasteArmorMagic Resist
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
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E
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W
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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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R

Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Heimerdinger

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 Heimerdinger

Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!

It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.

Leona vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Heimerdinger Image
2.2
< Kills >
4.9
6
< Deaths >
6.7
13.7
< Assists >
7.7
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
32
< Minions Killed >
130
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.5
2,775
< Physical Damage >
851
6,707
< Magic Damage >
24,297
963
< True Damage >
744
10,444
< Damage Dealt >
25,893
24,722
< Damage Taken >
20,472
8,713
< Gold Earned >
10,936
1.51
< Towers >
2.08
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
3,145
< Total Healing >
2,001
10,932
< Experience >
13,490
54
< Vision Score >
28
23
< Wards Placed >
13
298
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Leona versus Heimerdinger matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Leona or Heimerdinger?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually fairs equally well when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Leona makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.

While Leona does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Heimerdinger.

Additionally, Leona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Heimerdinger matchups, Leona is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Leona is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Leona against Heimerdinger.

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 Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Leona, we analyzed 2,156 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 Heimerdinger 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Leona versus Heimerdinger build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Leona vs Heimerdinger clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.

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