Taric vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Taric
based on 1,752 Taric vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Leona
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several vital Taric vs. Leona matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona..
Taric usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Leona
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Who is Better, Taric or Leona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Leona, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a good counter for Leona.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Taric into Leona.
Furthermore, Taric has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Leona matchups, Taric is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Taric is a decent counter to Leona. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Taric versus Leona build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Leona than with many other typical builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Leona with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Leona as Taric, Taric players should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Taric vs Leona counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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