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

Leona vs Ivern

How to Beat Ivern as Leona in LoLLeona is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Ivern as Leona

based on 1,379 Leona vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Ivern as Leona resulted from an analysis of 1379 ranked matches where both champs faced one another. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Leona is forced to battle against Ivern in only 1.0% of her games.

Leona vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Leona has done a decent job of beating Ivern. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.6% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Leona vs Ivern matches, Leona’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood against Ivern.

Best Leona vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

TrailblazerBloodsongZeke's ConvergenceThornmail

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
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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 Ivern as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Leona vs Ivern Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Ivern Image
1.9
< Kills >
2.6
6.1
< Deaths >
5
13.1
< Assists >
13.9
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
0.57
31
< Minions Killed >
19
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.07
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.49
2,551
< Physical Damage >
2,827
6,105
< Magic Damage >
6,391
851
< True Damage >
1,245
9,509
< Damage Dealt >
10,463
23,012
< Damage Taken >
17,036
8,422
< Gold Earned >
9,858
1.57
< Towers >
1.73
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
2,776
< Total Healing >
5,928
10,201
< Experience >
12,519
57
< Vision Score >
25
24
< Wards Placed >
7
242
< Time Dealing CC >
270

How to Counter Ivern with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some important Leona against Ivern counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ivern..

Leona normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Ivern

Who is Better, Leona or Ivern?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when trying to fight Ivern, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a good counter to Ivern.

While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Ivern, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Leona into Ivern.

Moreover, Leona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Ivern matchups, Leona is the better champion with a higher 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 Ivern. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Ivern.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Leona, we analyzed 1,379 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 Ivern 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona usually picks up more CS relative to Ivern. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly 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 situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Leona versus Ivern build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Ivern than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Ivern with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Ivern as Leona, Leona players should equip 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 sets players picked for Leona vs Ivern counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.

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