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How to Win Zeri vs Leona Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Zeri

based on 1,418 Zeri vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
44 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Zeri resulted from an analysis of 1418 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Zeri fights Leona in only 3.6% of their matches.

Zeri vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri has done a awful job of beating Leona. On average, they wins a lowly 44.0% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Zeri vs Leona matches, Zeri’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood. This indicates that they most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Zeri vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsTitanic HydraKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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W

Guide to Countering Leona as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Leona Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
44 %
VS
Win Rate
56 %
Leona Image
7
< Kills >
2.3
6.4
< Deaths >
5.9
7.2
< Assists >
14.4
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
187
< Minions Killed >
32
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
13,928
< Physical Damage >
2,913
6,394
< Magic Damage >
6,878
669
< True Damage >
983
20,991
< Damage Dealt >
10,774
22,667
< Damage Taken >
23,014
12,598
< Gold Earned >
8,760
2.21
< Towers >
1.66
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,914
< Total Healing >
2,886
12,662
< Experience >
10,789
18
< Vision Score >
56
8
< Wards Placed >
24
119
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Leona with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several strategic Zeri versus Leona matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Zeri normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Leona

Who is Better, Zeri or Leona?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zeri usually loses when trying to fight Leona, with a 44.0% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Zeri does have a much lower win rate than Leona, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Leona.

Additionally, Zeri has some 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Zeri is a trash counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Zeri, we analyzed 1,418 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 Zeri 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

Zeri Build Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zeri in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri most often accumulates much more CS as Leona. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Zeri versus Leona build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better versus Leona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 44.0% when playing against Leona with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Leona as Zeri, Zeri players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Zeri vs Leona fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.0% winrate overall.

If you need to get Zeri vs Leona tips and counter builds for a a particular skill level, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches completed with both champions.