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How to Win Leona vs Anivia Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Anivia

How to Beat Anivia as Leona in LoLLeona is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Anivia as Leona

based on 2,046 Leona vs Anivia matchups
Win Rate
48.3 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our dataset, Leona did battle with Anivia in 2046 rounds. Using so many matchups for Leona versus Anivia provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide actionable statistics and a solid build to shatter your foe. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Leona encounters Anivia in only 1.5% of her games.

Leona vs Anivia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Leona does a dismal job of beating Anivia. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.3% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Leona versus Anivia matches, Leona’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Anivia.

Best Leona vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureTrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceThornmail

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 LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Anivia

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 Win Against Anivia

Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.

If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.

Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.

Leona vs Anivia Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
48.3 %
VS
Win Rate
51.7 %
Anivia Image
2.1
< Kills >
5.8
6.3
< Deaths >
5
13.5
< Assists >
8.5
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
1.31
32
< Minions Killed >
159
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.54
2,967
< Physical Damage >
1,270
7,011
< Magic Damage >
18,735
1,006
< True Damage >
1,320
10,984
< Damage Dealt >
21,326
23,978
< Damage Taken >
26,629
8,649
< Gold Earned >
11,429
1.48
< Towers >
2.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,842
< Total Healing >
3,816
10,641
< Experience >
15,104
56
< Vision Score >
23
24
< Wards Placed >
11
228
< Time Dealing CC >
1,015

How to Counter Anivia with Leona in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several significant Leona versus Anivia matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Anivia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Leona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Anivia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Leona and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Anivia

Who is Better, Leona or Anivia?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Leona usually loses when facing off against Anivia, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Leona makes a poor counter to Anivia.

While Leona does have a lower win rate than Anivia, when facing one another, Leona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Leona into Anivia.

Additionally, Leona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Leona is a somewhat poor counter to Anivia. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Leona against Anivia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

Leona Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.7% winrateZacZac46.9% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia46.9% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrate

Leona Wins Against

YuumiYuumi60.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee60.2% winrateKai'SaKai'Sa57.4% winrateGragasGragas56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Aurelion SolAurelion Sol+ 55.6% 2270 GamesSennaSenna+ 56.2% 1595 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 56.7% 22899 GamesLilliaLillia+ 58.3% 8896 Games

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Anivia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Anivia as Leona, we analyzed 2,046 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 Anivia as Leona 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Leona to counter Anivia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Anivia. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Leona versus Anivia build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Anivia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Anivia with this counter build.

To have the best probability of defeating Anivia as Leona, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Leona vs Anivia counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Anivia as Leona are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.