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How to Win Qiyana vs Leona Counter MatchupQiyana is in the a tier of champions

Qiyana vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Qiyana in LoLQiyana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Qiyana

based on 1,613 Qiyana vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
44.1 %
K/D/A
2.06
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches every week. In our dataset, Qiyana did battle with Leona 1613 times. Having so many games with Qiyana vs Leona provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to obliterate your foe. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Qiyana fights Leona in only 3.3% of her games.

Qiyana vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Qiyana does a awful job of countering Leona. On average, she wins a lowly 44.1% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Qiyana vs Leona games, Qiyana’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that she most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Qiyana vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Serrated DirkRectrix

Core Qiyana Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Axiom ArcOpportunityHubrisProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Qiyana to level upq
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Second ability for Qiyana to level upw
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Last skill for Qiyana to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Qiyana's passive ability p
Qiyana's q ability q
Qiyana's w ability w
Qiyana's e ability e
Qiyana's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Leona as Qiyana

Advice to Win Against Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Qiyana vs Leona Counter Stats

Qiyana Image
Win Rate
44.1 %
VS
Win Rate
55.9 %
Leona Image
7.8
< Kills >
2.2
6.8
< Deaths >
5.8
6.2
< Assists >
13.7
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
146
< Minions Killed >
32
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.46
18,859
< Physical Damage >
2,803
1,749
< Magic Damage >
6,773
944
< True Damage >
974
21,552
< Damage Dealt >
10,551
23,682
< Damage Taken >
22,675
11,972
< Gold Earned >
8,602
1.48
< Towers >
1.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,258
< Total Healing >
2,793
13,785
< Experience >
10,520
17
< Vision Score >
56
7
< Wards Placed >
24
101
< Time Dealing CC >
229

How to Counter Leona with Qiyana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several significant Qiyana vs. Leona matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the two. Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Leona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Qiyana typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Leona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Qiyana and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Qiyana
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Qiyana
Leona

Who is Better, Qiyana or Leona?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 44.1% win rate. Thus, Qiyana makes a bad counter for Leona.

While Qiyana does have a much lower win rate compared to Leona, when they face off with one another, Qiyana also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Qiyana into Leonaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

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

Qiyana is a bad counter to Leona. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Qiyana

Qiyana Loses Against

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank42.7% winrateSwainSwain43.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai43.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune43.8% winrate

Qiyana Wins Against

LuluLulu54.3% winrateCorkiCorki53.6% winrateZeriZeri53% winrateMaster YiMaster Yi52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

OlafOlaf+ 52.2% 383 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 52.2% 4187 GamesBardBard+ 52.9% 1489 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 3856 Games

Additional Information for Qiyana Players

How We Calculated Our Qiyana vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Qiyana, we analyzed 1,613 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 Leona as Qiyana 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 truly master Qiyana in order to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Qiyana often gets much more CS relative to Leona. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Qiyana versus Leona build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Qiyana bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Qiyana had an average winrate of 44.1% when countering Leona with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Leona as Qiyana, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Qiyana vs Leona LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Qiyana versus Leona tips and builds for a a specific division rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and guides shown are computed using all games run with these champs.