Leona vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Leona
based on 4,847 Leona vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Leona vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Leona vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Leona
Tips for Playing as Leona against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Leona vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Leona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several vital Leona against Tristana matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tristana. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Leona and Tristana
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Who is Better, Leona or Tristana?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually wins when playing against Tristana, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter to Tristana.
While Leona does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when facing one another, Leona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Tristana.
Moreover, Leona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Tristana matchups, Leona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Leona is a great counter for Tristana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Leona against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Tristana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Leona most often gets a lot less CS compared to Tristana. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Leona versus Tristana build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Tristana than with most other common builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Tristana with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Tristana as Leona, you 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Leona vs Tristana battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.6% win rate overall.
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