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Leona vs Samira

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How to Beat Samira as Leona

based on 6,304 Leona vs Samira matchups
Win Rate
55.2 %
K/D/A
2.8
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League games each week. In our database, Leona faced Samira in 6304 matches. Including so many games with Leona vs Samira provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare actionable data and a solid build to suppress your opponent. This particular counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Leona fights Samira in only 4.5% of her games.

Leona vs Samira Matchup Summary

Leona has done a great job of beating Samira. On average, she wins a whopping 55.2% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Leona against Samira games, Leona’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Samira.

Best Leona vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalGlowing Mote

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Unending DespairKnight's VowBloodsongKaenic Rookern

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 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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Guide to Countering Samira as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Samira

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.

Leona vs Samira Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
55.2 %
VS
Win Rate
44.8 %
Samira Image
2.3
< Kills >
9
6.1
< Deaths >
7.5
14.8
< Assists >
5.8
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
2.06
31
< Minions Killed >
166
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.4
2,936
< Physical Damage >
18,714
7,160
< Magic Damage >
2,419
945
< True Damage >
619
11,042
< Damage Dealt >
21,753
22,580
< Damage Taken >
23,354
8,669
< Gold Earned >
12,728
1.68
< Towers >
1.98
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,762
< Total Healing >
6,970
10,510
< Experience >
11,997
54
< Vision Score >
16
23
< Wards Placed >
8
234
< Time Dealing CC >
25

How to Counter Samira with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here show several influential Leona against Samira counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Samira. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Samira. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Samira

Who is Better, Leona or Samira?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when facing off against Samira, with a 55.2% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a fantastic counter for Samira.

While Leona does have a much higher win rate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Samira.

Additionally, Leona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Samira 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Leona is a great counter for Samira. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Samira.

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 Samira Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Samira as Leona, we analyzed 6,304 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 Samira 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to counter Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically gets a lot less CS compared to Samira. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Leona versus Samira build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Samira than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 55.2% when playing against Samira with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Samira as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Leona vs Samira LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.2% win rate overall.

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