Talk:Leona/@comment-2231554-20140215013834/@comment-8506165-20140402051228

"Consider Thresh: he's tanky enough not to fear engages and he also deals a noticeable amount of damage which Leona and her lane partner simply has to take."

Thresh has 12 base armor and gains 0.5 per soul he collects. Leona has 21 base armor at level 1 (27 at 3) and gets a 25 Ar/MR steroid when she activates level 1 W. Leona also starts with more health than Thresh and has slightly more base magic resist. Her base damages are higher if she hits with all spells and gets Sunlight procced. None of the things you've listed are really advantages he has over Leona if we're talking 2v2 botlane fights.

Thresh does have better disengage than her, ranged attack poke and an ability that actually directly benefits his ADC (discounting Sunlight) but assuming you're discussing the "Leona has successfully engaged: wat do?" situation then... yeah, standing and fighting probably isn't going to work, ceteris paribus. (Okay, if Thresh has Draven and Leona has... I don't know, Ashe, then it's a different story.) Although he's probably one of the better picks against her because he's one of the few that can counter the Zenith Blade dash with relative ease. Morgana remains the best for ruining her day, though. And I love her for it. <3