Leona·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Leona Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Kraken Slayer as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Essence Reaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Navori Flickerblade, Infinity Edge and finish with Lord Dominik's Regards. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 39.4% winrate over 132 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Leona Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Navori Flickerblade as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King and Phantom Dancer. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 38.3% win rate over 115 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Ravenous Hydra as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Navori Flickerblade as a third item. You want to finish the build with Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken Slayer and Dead Man's Plate. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 34.2% win rate across 79 matches played.

Situational Leona Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Leona build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.