Talk:Leona/@comment-24496127-20150711020453/@comment-5955640-20150720023901

For a melee it's bad because the relic was made for melee's to help with the sustain issue. What usually happens for a melee support and their marksman in lane is that they get poked to death before they can do an all in. Not only that but sometimes they are denied money when the harass gets to be a bit oppressive. Relic and it's upgrades give you health and easily obtainable cash from the execute which only requires one auto attack to proc. Later on it turns into a shield that gives your carry valuable buffer against the sort of focus you are peeling them from.

Leona doesn't need an item that requires her to sit in lane and hope the marksman kills the creeps, she needs something to keep the marksman topped up so when she lands her grab she has a good bit of early health to buffer herself and the marksman has most of his health bar filled so there's no fear in getting the kill.