User blog comment:Care Level/Solo Queue: The Bronze Adventures of Care Level/@comment-12314620-20130828225600/@comment-12314620-20130829222939

Generally my opinion on melee champ BT is a huge no (dropping assassin and melee carries, though my attitude towards melee carries is negative as well) and as an assassin your goal isn't getting aoe damage...

Kages is pretty bad item unless you are going for twin shadows or shard of true ice which are pretty situational on support (it takes around 30 minutes for the item to regenerate gold worth it's own cost). Although I "rush" sighstone (or philos if we don't have early kills) I normally get them only after my second or even third b. Even if you are rushing either of those items you should never buy them while going b instead of wards. Also early pinkwards are amazing...

I agree that Leona is fun to play champion but it becomes "unfun" so quickly if your adc isn't familiar with his play style (or has bad reflexes etc.). And I'd hardly go as far as to say that Leona scales better to lategame than every other support...