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How to Win Orianna vs Leona Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Orianna

based on 1,906 Orianna vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
44.1 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Orianna came out of an analysis of 1906 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Orianna encounters Leona in only 3.6% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna has done a pathetic job of beating Leona. On average, she wins a lowly 44.1% of the time the champs face each other in. In Orianna against Leona rounds, Orianna’s side is 0.2% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood against Leona.

Best Orianna vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMalignanceSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Leona as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Leona

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Leona Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
44.1 %
VS
Win Rate
55.9 %
Leona Image
5.3
< Kills >
2
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
9.3
< Assists >
13.6
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
167
< Minions Killed >
32
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
991
< Physical Damage >
2,685
19,654
< Magic Damage >
6,419
351
< True Damage >
940
20,996
< Damage Dealt >
10,045
18,775
< Damage Taken >
22,933
11,110
< Gold Earned >
8,618
2.04
< Towers >
1.66
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,743
< Total Healing >
2,806
14,115
< Experience >
10,539
20
< Vision Score >
56
10
< Wards Placed >
24
349
< Time Dealing CC >
227

How to Counter Leona with Orianna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Orianna vs. Leona matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Orianna often has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Leona

Who is Better, Orianna or Leona?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 44.1% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a poor counter to Leona.

While Orianna does have a much lower win rate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Orianna into Leonaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 team members during team fights.

Orianna is a terribly counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Orianna against Leona.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Orianna, we analyzed 1,906 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 Orianna 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Leona during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna on average accumulates much more CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Orianna versus Leona build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Leona than with many other common builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 44.1% when playing against Leona with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating Leona as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Orianna vs Leona counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.1% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Orianna versus Leona tips and counter stats for a a distinct rank, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every round with data with these champs.