Leona vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Leona
based on 9,746 Leona vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Leona vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Leona vs. Mordekaiser counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Leona and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Leona or Mordekaiser?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually fairs equally well when taking on Mordekaiser, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Leona makes an ok counter to Mordekaiser.
While Leona does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Mordekaiser.
Furthermore, Leona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Leona is a somewhat poor counter for Mordekaiser. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Leona in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona typically gets a lot less CS compared to Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Leona versus Mordekaiser build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Mordekaiser than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Mordekaiser as Leona, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Leona vs Mordekaiser fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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