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

Leona vs Orianna

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

based on 1,906 Leona vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
55.9 %
K/D/A
2.64
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Orianna as Leona came out of an analysis of 1906 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Leona is forced to battle against Orianna in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Leona vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Leona does a great job of beating Orianna. Normally, she wins a terrific 55.9% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Leona versus Orianna games, Leona’s side is 0.2% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Orianna.

Best Leona vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

BloodsongTrailblazerFrozen HeartKnight's Vow

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
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
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E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Orianna as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Orianna

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 Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Leona vs Orianna Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
55.9 %
VS
Win Rate
44.1 %
Orianna Image
2
< Kills >
5.3
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
13.6
< Assists >
9.3
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
32
< Minions Killed >
167
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
2,685
< Physical Damage >
991
6,419
< Magic Damage >
19,654
940
< True Damage >
351
10,045
< Damage Dealt >
20,996
22,933
< Damage Taken >
18,775
8,618
< Gold Earned >
11,110
1.66
< Towers >
2.04
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,806
< Total Healing >
1,743
10,539
< Experience >
14,115
56
< Vision Score >
20
24
< Wards Placed >
10
227
< Time Dealing CC >
349

How to Counter Orianna with Leona in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several strategic Leona vs. Orianna matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Orianna. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Orianna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Orianna

Who is Better, Leona or Orianna?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Orianna, with a 55.9% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a fantastic counter for Orianna.

While Leona does have a much higher win rate than Orianna, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Orianna.

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

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

Leona is a great counter to Orianna. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Leona against Orianna.

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 Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Leona, we analyzed 1,906 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 Orianna 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 Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Orianna. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Leona versus Orianna build include Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Leona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Orianna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average winrate of 55.9% when playing against Orianna with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating Orianna 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 sets players picked for Leona vs Orianna matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 55.9% winrate overall.

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