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How to Synergize Leona with Skarner on the Same TeamLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona with Skarner

How to Win With Leona and Skarner Paired TogetherLeona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Leona and Skarner

based on 437 Leona with Skarner pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Leona has been on the same team as Skarner in 437 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Leona play with Skarner. It is very rare for Leona to play with Skarner on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 0.3% of matches with Leona.

Leona Skarner Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Skarner. Typically, she wins an acceptable 48.5% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Leona when playing alongside Skarner by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Leona vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

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 LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Leona and Skarner

Tips for Playing as Leona with Skarner

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.

Advice to Understand How Skarner Will Play

Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.

Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.

Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.

Leona Skarner Synergy Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Skarner Image
2.2
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
6
13.4
< Assists >
13.7
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
32
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
2,885
< Physical Damage >
2,819
6,771
< Magic Damage >
6,722
969
< True Damage >
974
10,626
< Damage Dealt >
10,516
23,031
< Damage Taken >
23,189
8,545
< Gold Earned >
8,616
1.5
< Towers >
1.57
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,692
< Total Healing >
2,811
10,389
< Experience >
10,606
53
< Vision Score >
55
23
< Wards Placed >
23
239
< Time Dealing CC >
236

How to Play with Skarner as Leona in LoL

The Leona Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Leona sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Skarner. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Skarner helps Leona perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Leona tries to synergize with Skarner, she gets a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Skarner provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Leona is played with Skarner on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Skarner. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Skarner.

Additionally, when Leona plays with Skarner on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Leona in teamfights.

Synergies between Leona and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Leona
Skarner

Is Leona better when played alongside Skarner?

There is no top champion pairing for Leona that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, overall, Skarner is a very bad ally for Leona. By being on the same team as Leona, he decreases their win rate by -3.7% to 48.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Leona and Skarner that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Skarner has a greater difficulty than Leona. That means Leona players need to be cautious when enlisting Skarner comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting together, Leona players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.

In contrast, by bringing Leona and Skarner together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Skarner teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona Skarner Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Leona and Skarner, we analyzed 437 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Leona with Skarner comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Leona to synergize with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to have in your Leona and Skarner synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in her kit.

To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.

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