Champion sheet · Support

Leona

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.8%#35 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.5%picked in 303 of 2,644 games
Ban: 6.3%123 bans over 1,958 games, against 6.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Support43.4% between 38.8% and 48.1% over 302 gamesSoloQ 52.2%: clear gap

Median length30.4 minsoloQ 28 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itAftershock, then Protoplasm Harness, Abyssal Mask, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 92% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Braum in amateur play: +19.3 pts over 40 games, range above zero.+19.3 pt40 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
43.4%
SoloQ
52.2%
43.4% win rate in amateur play over 302 games, against 52.2% in soloQ over 20,323 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.6%
SoloQ
4.0%
5.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.0% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.4 min
SoloQ
28 min
Median of 30.4 min in amateur play, against 28 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Protoplasm Harness, Abyssal Mask, and Randuin's Omen: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock91% · 18,535

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite71% · 14,334

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 333 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 2

Protoplasm Harness
Abyssal Mask
Randuin's Omen

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 Braum in amateur play: +19.3 pts over 40 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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Syndra46.7% · expected 40.0% · 30 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -1.7

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Braum57.5% · expected 38.2% · 40 g+19.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Nautilus47.6% · expected 39.8% · 42 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +3.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong47.4% · expected 43.9% · 38 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -0.5

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

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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