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Leona vs Pyke

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How to Beat Pyke as Leona

based on 4,910 Leona vs Pyke matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League games each week. Within our dataset, Leona battled Pyke 4910 times. With so many games with Leona versus Pyke gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a solid build to defeat your foe. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Leona has to counter Pyke in only 3.5% of her games.

Leona vs Pyke Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of countering Pyke. Normally, she wins a fantastic 54.2% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Leona versus Pyke matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't get first blood against Pyke.

Best Leona vs Pyke Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Unending DespairKnight's VowTrailblazerSunfire Aegis

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 LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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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Guide to Countering Pyke as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Pyke

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 Pyke

Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!

When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.

Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

Leona vs Pyke Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Pyke Image
2.2
< Kills >
7.3
6.7
< Deaths >
7.3
14.1
< Assists >
8.7
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
32
< Minions Killed >
39
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.33
2,946
< Physical Damage >
9,802
7,027
< Magic Damage >
63
976
< True Damage >
2,631
10,950
< Damage Dealt >
12,497
23,016
< Damage Taken >
21,716
8,724
< Gold Earned >
10,293
1.66
< Towers >
1.17
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,515
< Total Healing >
4,687
10,664
< Experience >
10,551
53
< Vision Score >
65
24
< Wards Placed >
30
256
< Time Dealing CC >
102

How to Counter Pyke with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several vital Leona versus Pyke counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Pyke. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Pyke

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Pyke
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Pyke

Who is Better, Leona or Pyke?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Pyke, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter for Pyke.

While Leona does have a much higher win rate compared to Pyke, when they face off with one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Pyke.

Additionally, Leona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Pyke 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 allies during team fights.

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

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 Pyke Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pyke as Leona, we analyzed 4,910 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 Pyke 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

Leona Build Pyke Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Leona in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Pyke. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Leona versus Pyke build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 54.2% battling Pyke with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Pyke as Leona, Leona players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Leona vs Pyke face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.2% win rate overall.

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