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Everything for Leona Support on patch 16.17, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Leona's win conditions.
Leona is an engage tank in the support, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a top-tier pick — a 53.2% win rate, 7.8% pick rate, 90,556 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Leona spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Leona wins: landing engage and starting fights on Leona's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Leona tips the fight. The kit grades 10/10 engage, 9/10 teamfighting. Leona's soft spots are siege and waveclear (3/10, 3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Celestial Opposition, Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, which holds a 55.4% win rate across 6,994 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Karthus, where Leona sits at just 39.9%, the lane swings the other way into Veigar (65.1%), and on the team side, Leona gains the most from a Zilean (+8.5% pair win rate).
Leona's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Leona Support's worst matchups on patch 16.17, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Leona's win rate most as Support, by pair WR delta over Leona's solo performance.
Best Top partners for Leona
Best Jungle partners for Leona
Best Mid partners for LeonaFor full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Leona's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
