User blog comment:Ozuar/Don't Insult Anti-Meta: AP Leona vs. Fizz/@comment-11059100-20131212205227

45 AP. So if you choose a safe page for mid (MPen red, Armor yellow, MR blu and AP quint) and 21/0/9 - 21/9/0 as masteries, you will have (15 + 8 + 0.89*lvl) + (...)*5%. As you could start with DRing, you should have 39 + 39*5% = 39 + 1,95 = 41 AP at level one. So if you reach level 4/5, fizz'll start to gain advantage to leona.

35/36% more AP... meh. Lich bane + deathcap for fizz are boh... 350+ AP? Leona will need 410+ AP to compensate the damage.

Another thing that you might have not think at all. Why is Fizz being picked? Good mobility, untargettable while on E, good waveclear. Could Leona stand against this?

And btw... Why should you have to pick Leona when you have a better mage with quite the same utility and easier laning like Annie (AOE stun, easy lasthit with Q, more burst, still more tanky than other mids) or Lissandra (stun/untargettable if self casted, AOE root, long range blink, spammable short AOE damage)?