Champion sheet · Support

Leona

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.2%#24 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.9%picked in 3,595 of 27,820 games
Ban: 8.3%1,886 bans over 22,616 games, against 5.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.9% between 47.5% and 50.3% over 3,593 gamesSoloQ 51.6%: clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
How to play itAftershock, then Eclipse, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 92% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Graves in amateur play: +14.6 pts over 77 games, range above zero.+14.6 pt77 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
48.9%
SoloQ
51.6%
48.9% win rate in amateur play over 3,593 games, against 51.6% in soloQ over 79,113 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.4%
SoloQ
4.0%
6.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.1%
SoloQ
5.7%
8.1% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 5.7% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
57%
SoloQ
60%
Played in 57% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (60%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Eclipse, Unending Despair, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock93% · 73,662

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite60% · 47,079

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 57% · 3,975 games

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 567 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 6

6%of soloQ games

Eclipse
Unending Despair
Spirit Visage

Amateur: Heartsteel, Protoplasm Harness, Kaenic Rookern, gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 92% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop9%975 · supports: 393
Crowd control (CC)top12%1.5 · supports: 1
Plays teamfightstop19%57% · supports: 54%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
CC

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 27 in lane, 37 in mid game and 39 in late game, out of 100 supports.

232-56 vs 288

306-36 vs 342

359-28 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Leonasupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 86% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 27 of 100 among supports232 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 37 of 100 among supports306 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 39 of 100 among supports359 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 14 of 100 among supports-104 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 14 of 100 among supports-145 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 70 of 100 among supports4.9 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 92 of 100 among supports975 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 81 of 100 among supports57% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 32 of 100 among supports15% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 52 of 100 among supportsrank 52 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 88 of 100 among supports1.5 · median 1
Team damage · rank 29 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Graves in amateur play: +14.6 pts over 77 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Dr. Mundo58.0% · expected 51.9% · 112 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Shen57.1% · expected 51.4% · 98 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

K'Sante54.2% · expected 51.0% · 179 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +2.6

Ornn50.7% · expected 48.5% · 203 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

Sion52.2% · expected 49.4% · 161 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +2.1

Junglegap to expected

Graves63.6% · expected 49.0% · 77 g+14.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Lee Sin56.2% · expected 49.2% · 290 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Vi52.5% · expected 48.6% · 217 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Sylas51.1% · expected 47.9% · 180 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.8

Lillia48.9% · expected 45.4% · 92 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -3.7

Midgap to expected

Syndra53.6% · expected 48.2% · 265 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +0.1

Viktor51.3% · expected 48.4% · 261 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

LeBlanc54.2% · expected 48.5% · 83 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +2.0

Hwei50.8% · expected 47.7% · 128 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

Xerath54.0% · expected 49.4% · 87 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.4

ADCgap to expected

Ashe56.6% · expected 47.5% · 145 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

Jinx52.9% · expected 47.1% · 221 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Yunara51.6% · expected 46.8% · 304 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +0.6

Xayah51.0% · expected 47.8% · 206 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -3.2

Caitlyn49.1% · expected 47.0% · 265 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.4

Supportgap to expected

Thresh53.1% · expected 47.5% · 241 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.3

Braum51.0% · expected 47.0% · 347 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -0.8

Nautilus51.7% · expected 48.7% · 424 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +2.5

Rakan51.4% · expected 48.1% · 218 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.3

Bard51.5% · expected 46.0% · 99 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +0.9

With

Topgap to expected

Jayce59.7% · expected 49.5% · 77 g+10.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Sion53.5% · expected 48.4% · 157 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Yone54.1% · expected 48.5% · 111 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +1.6

Gnar51.8% · expected 47.4% · 114 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +1.2

Aatrox53.4% · expected 49.9% · 146 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Junglegap to expected

Vi55.2% · expected 49.2% · 203 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Lee Sin50.8% · expected 48.6% · 313 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Nidalee56.3% · expected 50.6% · 71 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +2.9

Graves52.2% · expected 48.8% · 92 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +1.8

Sejuani50.7% · expected 46.5% · 75 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -2.7

Midgap to expected

Xerath58.0% · expected 48.4% · 100 g+9.6 ptSoloQ 0.0

Aurora55.2% · expected 48.0% · 105 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -0.5

Galio53.2% · expected 48.0% · 79 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Twisted Fate54.7% · expected 50.3% · 75 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -2.8

Orianna47.5% · expected 46.7% · 183 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

Jinx62.2% · expected 50.7% · 180 g+11.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Sivir53.6% · expected 47.8% · 151 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.2

Samira56.7% · expected 43.7% · 30 g+12.9 ptSoloQ +2.0

Jhin48.6% · expected 46.5% · 383 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -0.1

Ezreal47.9% · expected 45.7% · 261 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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