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Taliyah with Leona

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How to Synergize Taliyah and Leona

based on 1,455 Taliyah with Leona pairs
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Taliyah has been on the same team as Leona in 1455 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much accurate data from the developers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Taliyah play with Leona. It is relatively rare for Taliyah to play with Leona on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 3.5% of rounds with Taliyah.

Taliyah Leona Synergy Summary

Taliyah has done a decent job of teaming up with Leona. Normally, she wins an acceptable 51.8% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Taliyah when fighting on the same team as Leona by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taliyah vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentSeraph's EmbraceLuden's CompanionZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Taliyah and Leona

Tips for Playing as Taliyah with Leona

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Understand How Leona Will Play

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.

Taliyah Leona Synergy Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Leona Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6.5
8.5
< Assists >
8.5
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
126
< Minions Killed >
124
0.63
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
791
< Physical Damage >
779
21,515
< Magic Damage >
20,979
1,133
< True Damage >
1,125
23,440
< Damage Dealt >
22,884
21,045
< Damage Taken >
21,412
12,310
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.73
< Towers >
1.68
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
4,563
< Total Healing >
4,379
14,417
< Experience >
14,292
20
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
565
< Time Dealing CC >
552

How to Play with Leona as Taliyah in LoL

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

Overall, Taliyah sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Leona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Leona helps Taliyah perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Taliyah is paired with Leona, she observes a small increase in her full damage output. This change may indicate that Leona provides protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Taliyah is played together with Leona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Leona.

Additionally, when Taliyah plays with Leona on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Leona does a decent job of covering Taliyah in teamfights.

Synergies between Taliyah and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taliyah
Leona

Is Taliyah better when played alongside Leona?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Taliyah that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Leona is a top-tier companion for Taliyah. By locking into the same team as Taliyah, she raises their win rate by 3.0% to 51.8%. This shows that there is a strong bond between Taliyah and Leona that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Leona has a lower difficulty than Taliyah. That means Taliyah players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Leona allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.

Conversely, by aligning Taliyah and Leona together, you will not be granting your other teammates much attack damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their abilities.

Regardless of your Leona ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah Leona Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taliyah and Leona, we analyzed 1,455 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 Taliyah with Leona 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah in order to pair well with Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to have in your Taliyah and Leona synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Leona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 51.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Leona with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Taliyah players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.

If you want to see Taliyah and Leona cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides given are computed using all rounds with data with both champs.