Talk:Leona/@comment-5112778-20130228091006/@comment-5112778-20130302104654

I main bot supports as well, and I've never once played Leona as a pure support, always a tank/distruptor, and the only time I play as a true support is when I'm bot with my ADC or warding/counter warding.

And thorugh my own plays, I've managed to win 80% of my games as leona, tho this may be due to my friend being the ADC and me knowing him since 7 years ago.

I agree with the concept of "Peeling the enemy assasins off your ADC" when you need to. But for me, My initiations most of the time if not, always guarantees a kill on the enemy ADC. And since I was the one who initiated the fight, my E comes off CD fast enough for me to jump back and "Peel off" any persuers that try to kill my ADC, if him hasn't already killed them.

See the point here is,

Yes, if you build your standard support aura items, you will get tanky enough late game along with your W, but the tankiness curve is way too steep that during mid game, where most of the team fights happen, you're not tanky enough to do anything.

That is my reason why I think Leona is better off buying tank items first before you get your standard aura items.