Vladimir vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Vladimir
based on 4,049 Vladimir vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Leona
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown here feature some vital Vladimir against Leona matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Vladimir typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Leona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Leona
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Leona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Vladimir makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average gets much more CS relative to Leona. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vladimir versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Leona as Vladimir, Vladimir players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Vladimir vs Leona counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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