Talk:Leona/Strategy/@comment-216.115.162.81-20110818085114

I prefer not to get leona too many pure armor/mr items. She gets that free from her W-eclipse and what she really lacks is health. Dimished returns on armor/mr with her eclipse makes her feel quite stupid especially if the effective health isnt there with raw hp (tends to be victimized by early level ignites). Played 6 games as leona and had better success rushing any item with the HP belt (yeah even frozen mallet). Shes quite a beast too with warmogs and it encourages you to get into teamfights for warmog stacks even if its just assists. The regrowth pendant that builds into the warmogs also keeps you in lane long enough despite harassments from the opposite side.

Also i choose my lane partners very carefully. Pure skill-shotters are generally quite bad lane partners (unless both of you can scare the enemy far enough to deny exp gain). I prefer laning with other rush-in champs like xin zhao or lee sin so that when its time to make the kill they can inflict some serious hurt with sunlight debuffs. Ranged carries are alright as lane partners but if they're played by scaredy-cat people who dont follow you in after you E-zenith blade in it just results in you fighting off 2 people.