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

Leona vs Rengar

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

based on 4,465 Leona vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
54.6 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Rengar as Leona came out of an analysis of 4465 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against each other. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Leona encounters Rengar in only 3.2% of her rounds.

Leona vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Leona does a great job of countering Rengar. Normally, she wins a terrific 54.6% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Leona vs Rengar rounds, Leona’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Leona vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

BloodsongTrailblazerUnending DespairSunfire Aegis

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
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Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteHealth ScalingTenacity and Slow 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
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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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E
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R
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Leona vs Rengar Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
54.6 %
VS
Win Rate
45.4 %
Rengar Image
2.2
< Kills >
7.5
5.8
< Deaths >
7.3
14
< Assists >
6.6
0.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
32
< Minions Killed >
42
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.18
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,905
< Physical Damage >
16,293
6,762
< Magic Damage >
1,321
939
< True Damage >
1,131
10,607
< Damage Dealt >
18,747
22,599
< Damage Taken >
33,679
8,681
< Gold Earned >
12,602
1.67
< Towers >
1.25
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
2,770
< Total Healing >
15,836
10,685
< Experience >
13,712
57
< Vision Score >
20
24
< Wards Placed >
5
227
< Time Dealing CC >
232

How to Counter Rengar with Leona in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Leona versus Rengar matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rengar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Rengar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Rengar

Who is Better, Leona or Rengar?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Rengar, with a 54.6% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter to Rengar.

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

Furthermore, Leona also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Rengar 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 Rengar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Rengar.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Leona, we analyzed 4,465 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 Rengar 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 learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Rengar during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Rengar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Leona versus Rengar build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Rengar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 54.6% when playing against Rengar with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating Rengar as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Leona vs Rengar LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.6% win rate overall.

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