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

Leona vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Leona in LoLLeona is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Leona

based on 5,480 Leona vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each week. In our data, Leona engaged Viego 5480 times. With so many matchups for Leona vs Viego gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful statistics and a recommended build to shatter Viego. This pairing is relatively rare. Leona has to counter Viego in only 3.9% of her games.

Leona vs Viego Matchup Summary

Leona has done a good job of beating Viego. Typically, she wins a fantastic 53.7% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Leona vs Viego matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Viego.

Best Leona vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

BloodsongSunfire AegisThornmailFrozen Heart

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

Tips for Playing as Leona against Viego

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 Viego Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Viego Image
2.1
< Kills >
7.2
5.9
< Deaths >
6.5
13.9
< Assists >
7
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
32
< Minions Killed >
34
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.58
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.39
2,769
< Physical Damage >
14,728
6,633
< Magic Damage >
1,955
976
< True Damage >
923
10,379
< Damage Dealt >
17,607
22,546
< Damage Taken >
32,628
8,592
< Gold Earned >
12,028
1.65
< Towers >
1.38
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
2,684
< Total Healing >
15,829
10,558
< Experience >
13,457
55
< Vision Score >
22
23
< Wards Placed >
6
236
< Time Dealing CC >
229

How to Counter Viego with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several important Leona versus Viego counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viego’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Leona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Viego. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Viego

Who is Better, Leona or Viego?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when taking on Viego, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Leona makes a great counter to Viego.

While Leona does have a higher winrate than Viego, when facing one another, Leona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Leona into Viego.

Additionally, Leona has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Leona vs Viego 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 team members during late stage team fights.

Leona is a great counter for Viego. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Leona against Viego.

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 Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Leona, we analyzed 5,480 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 Viego 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 Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Viego during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Viego. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Leona versus Viego build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Viego than with many other typical builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 53.7% when playing against Viego with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating Viego 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 sets we have analyed for Leona vs Viego fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.7% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Leona versus Viego tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific skill level, please select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides shown are calculated using every round finished with both champs.