Leona vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Leona
based on 1,943 Leona vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Leona vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Leona in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Leona versus Jarvan IV matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jarvan IV..
Leona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Leona or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Jarvan IV, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a great counter for Jarvan IV.
While Leona does have a higher win rate than Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Jarvan IV.
Moreover, Leona also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Jarvan IV 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 Jarvan IV. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jarvan IV. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Leona versus Jarvan IV build include Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Jarvan IV than with many other typical builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Jarvan IV as Leona, Leona players 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 combinations that we analyzed for Leona vs Jarvan IV face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.5% win rate overall.
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