Leona excels as an aggressive tank support, specializing in initiating fights and locking down enemies with her crowd control abilities.

Role: Tank Support

Skills Order:

• Level 1: Q (vs melee) or E (vs ranged)
• Level 2: Take remaining ability (Q or E)
• Max order: W > E > Q
• Ultimate (R) at levels 6/11/16

Core Playstyle: Leona's strength lies in her ability to engage and lock down targets. Her W provides tankiness, while Q and E offer reliable crowd control. Maximize W first to become durable early, as Q's damage scaling is minimal and E's cooldown reduces with rank.

Item Build:

Starting Items:

• Steel Shoulderguards
• 2 Health Potions

Core Items:

• Locket of the Iron Solari
• Zeke's Convergence
• Plated Steelcaps/Mercury's Treads

Situational Items:

• Knight's Vow (vs AD threats)
• Abyssal Mask (vs AP teams)
• Thornmail (vs heavy healing)
• Randuin's Omen (vs crit-based teams)

Key Strategy:

1. Look for engage opportunities when enemy key abilities are on cooldown
2. Coordinate engages with your ADC
3. Always chain E with Q for maximum crowd control
4. Use W before engaging to maximize tankiness
5. Save ultimate for high-priority targets or follow-up CC

Match-ups:

• Strong against: Squishy enchanters (Sona, Soraka)
• Weak against: Poke supports (Zyra, Brand) and disengage supports (Janna, Morgana)

Master Leona's engage timing and coordination with your team to dominate the bot lane and secure objectives across the map.

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