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

Leona vs Taric

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

based on 1,752 Leona vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.58
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. Within our data, Leona faced Taric in 1752 games. Having so many games with Leona vs Taric provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide actionable data and a solid build to shatter Taric. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Leona is forced to battle against Taric in only 1.3% of her games.

Leona vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a poor job of countering Taric. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Leona versus Taric games, Leona’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Taric.

Best Leona vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

TrailblazerBloodsongZeke's ConvergenceKnight'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
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Taric as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Taric

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 Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Leona vs Taric Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Taric Image
1.9
< Kills >
2.1
6
< Deaths >
6.1
13.6
< Assists >
14.9
0.31
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
31
< Minions Killed >
35
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.53
2,627
< Physical Damage >
2,210
6,775
< Magic Damage >
5,066
872
< True Damage >
823
10,275
< Damage Dealt >
8,100
21,833
< Damage Taken >
22,828
8,281
< Gold Earned >
8,577
1.49
< Towers >
2.26
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,644
< Total Healing >
11,100
9,983
< Experience >
10,413
53
< Vision Score >
48
23
< Wards Placed >
20
240
< Time Dealing CC >
387

How to Counter Taric with Leona in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several strategic Leona against Taric counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Taric..

Leona often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Taric. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Taric

Who is Better, Leona or Taric?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually loses when taking on Taric, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a poor counter to Taric.

While Leona does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Taric.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Leona vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Leona is a somewhat poor counter to Taric. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Leona against Taric.

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 Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Leona, we analyzed 1,752 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 Taric 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Taric. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Leona versus Taric build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Taric than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Taric with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Taric as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Leona vs Taric LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Leona x Taric tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches with data with both champs.