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Leona
GameplayLeona is a champion in League of Legends.[1]
Abilities[]
- Sunlight's damage respects enchantment redirection.
- Zyra has a hidden passive that grants her 10% increased size for 33 seconds after having Sunlight applied to her.
- The enhanced attack will apply other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal.
- Critical strikes do not interact with Shield of Daybreak's bonus damage.
- PENDING FOR TEST:: Shield of Daybreak's interactions with dodging, blocking, and blinding effects.
- Shield of Daybreak's attack does not put Leona's basic attack on cooldown.(note)
- This effectively performs a second attack reset.
- This is unlike other empowered attacks (including those which, similar to Shield of Daybreak, use a more unconventional spell cast rather than an attack override).
- Leona will wait out Shield of Daybreak's wind-down before automatically attacking, anyway. The player must issue the next attack themselves to gain the full benefit of the second reset.
- Probably not a bug because her High Noon skin gives the second attack a new distinguishable attack animation, which means that it's designed so.
- This effectively performs a second
- If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away during the empowered attack's cast time, it is cancelled but not consumed.
- The empowered attack will not trigger against buildings.
- Neither the cast nor detonation of Eclipse interrupts any of Leona's previous orders or ongoing attack windups.
- The resistance scaling will factor from all other sources, excluding Eclipse's flat bonus. This will recalculate over the duration.
- Spell shield will block the damage but Eclipse's extended duration will not be prevented.
- Leona will be ordered to basic attack the target.
- Spell shield will block Zenith Blade's effects, and prevent Leona from dashing to the target.
- This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
- Solar Flare's visual effects are only visible to enemies if they have sight of the area it was cast upon.
- The cast indicator shows 300 radius for the area of effect and 120 radius for the epicenter, however the actual hitbox radii are larger than those values.
- The revealed radius is not obstructed by terrain or brush.
Champion skins[]
- This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Leona (Collection).
Imbued with the fire of the sun, Leona is a holy warrior of the Solari who defends Mount Targon with her Zenith Blade and the Shield of Daybreak. Her skin shimmers with starfire while her eyes burn with the power of the celestial Aspect within her. Armored in gold and bearing a terrible burden of ancient knowledge, Leona brings enlightenment to some, death to others.
Wendee Lee
Katie 'TeaTime' De Sousa
Loot eligible
Patch history[]
- For the expanded patch notes, see here.
- Stats
- Base armor reduced to 43 from 47.
- Zenith Blade
- Bug Fix: Basic attack that is automatically declared after dashing now properly triggers a stack of Electrocute, Phase Rush, or Conqueror.
- Bug Fix: Basic attack that is automatically declared after dashing now properly triggers a stack of
- Sunlight
- Base damage reduced to 32 − 151 (based on level) from 32 − 168 (based on level).
- Eclipse
- Base damage reduced to 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 from 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 / 195.
- Stats
- Selection radius increased to 120 units from 75.
- Eclipse
- Base bonus resistances increased 20 / 27.5 / 35 / 42.5 / 50 from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
- Solar Flare
- Base damage increased to 150 / 225 / 300 from 100 / 175 / 250.
- Sunlight
- Damage now triggers Leona's own damage effects but still grants kill credit to the ally applying it.
- General
- Updated ability icons.
- General
- Bug Fix: Sword and shield models no longer appear pixelated.
- Eclipse
- Base bonus resistances increased to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 from 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35.
- Base damage increased to 55 / 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 from 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185.
- Shield of Daybreak
- Mana cost reduced to 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65.
- Solar Flare
- Disable duration increased to 1.75 seconds from 1.5.
- V12.12 - June 30th Hotfix
- Sunlight
- Damage increased to 32 − 168 (based on level) from 25 − 144 (based on level).
- Stats
- Base health increased to 646 from 576.
- Health growth increased to 101 from 87.
- Armor growth increased to 4.8 from 3.6.
- Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
- General
- Updated visual effects.
- Original Leona
- Complete overhaul.
- Valkyrie Leona, Defender Leona, Iron Solari Leona
- Same as new base.
- Pool Party Leona
- Recolored from base.
- PROJECT: Leona
- Minimal tweaks.
- Barbecue Leona
- Same as new base, grills glow during Eclipse.
- Same as new base, grills glow during
- Zenith Blade
- Undocumented: No longer is blocked by spell shield.
- Undocumented: Dash no longer fails to occur if the target becomes untargetable or is not within 3000 units after being struck.
- Undocumented: No longer is blocked by
- Eclipse
- Bonus resistances reduced to 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
- Eclipse
- Base damage reduced to 45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 from 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200.
- Stats
- Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
- Base health reduced to 576 from 576.16.
- Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 60.04.
- Sunlight
- Bug Fix: Triggering it with Nunu & Willump's cleave from Call of the Freljord no longer causes their passive to be unavailable for the rest of the game.
- Bug Fix: Triggering it with
- General
- Recommended items updated.
- Eclipse
- Base damage reduced to 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 from 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220.
- Zenith Blade
- Base damage reduced to 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210 from 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220.
- Shield of Daybreak
- Cooldown reduced to 5 seconds from 6.
- General
- Adjusted splash artwork for Barbecue Leona.
- Adjusted splash artwork for
- Eclipse
- New Effect: When active, now takes 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 less damage from all sources of pre-mitigation damage, up to a maximum of 50% reduction.
- Bonus armor reduced to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
- Bonus magic resistance reduced to 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
- Solar Flare
- Removed: No longer empowers Leona's next 3 / 4 / 5 basic attacks to gain 100 bonus range and deal 30 / 40 / 50 (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage.
- Zenith Blade
- Cooldown reduced to 12 / 10.5 / 9 / 7.5 / 6 seconds from 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9.
- PROJECT: Leona
- Bug Fix: Buffs aura now properly follow the model during certain animations.
- Eclipse
- Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 14 at all ranks.
- General
- Adjusted splash artwork for Barbecue Leona.
- Adjusted splash artwork for
- Eclipse
- Base damage increased to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 from 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200.
- Iron Solari Leona
- Solar Flare
- Bug Fix: Decal will no longer be improperly rotated on lower graphics settings.
- General
- Leona defaults to attack damage as her default adaptive stat.
- Stats
- Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 8.428.
- Shield of Daybreak
- Base damage reduced to 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.
- Eclipse
- Base damage reduced to 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 from 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 47 from 27.208.
- Eclipse
- Bonus armor increased to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
- Sunlight
- Mark duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 3.5.
- Base damage increased to 25 − 144 (based on level) from 20 − 105 (based on level).
- Shield of Daybreak
- Cooldown changed to 6 seconds at all ranks from 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5.
- General
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where her model didn't fade away during her death animation for her base and a few of her skins.
- General
- Bug Fix: Pool Party Leona now properly faces the camera during her recall animation when she has the Hand of Baron buff.
- Bug Fix: Pool Party Leona now properly faces the camera during her recall animation when she has the
- Zenith Blade
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug preventing Leona from Flashing during Zenith Blade's cast time.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug preventing Leona from
- Zenith Blade
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it displayed no visuals to enemies if Leona cast it in Fog of War and flashed into vision during the cast time.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it displayed no visuals to enemies if Leona cast it in Fog of War and
- Sunlight
- New Effect: Base damage text is visible to Leona when triggered by allies.
- Sunlight
- Base damage changed to 20 − 105 (based on level) from 20 − 140 (based on level).
- Shield of Daybreak
- Base damage reduced to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
- Cooldown reduced to 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 seconds from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7.
- Bonus range increased to 50 from 30
- Bug Fix: Stun lasting longer than intended.
- Tooltip updated to display correct stun duration (1.25 seconds instead of the intended 1).
- Eclipse
- Base damage reduced to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 from 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 / 260.
- Zenith Blade
- Root duration increased to 0.5 seconds from 0.25.
- Solar Flare
- Base damage reduced to 100 / 175 / 250 from 150 / 250 / 350.
- New Effect: After casting, and for the next 5 seconds, Leona's sword glows with Incandescence, causing her next 3 / 4 / 5 basic attacks to gain 100 bonus range, deal 30 / 40 / 50 (+ 15% AP) on-hit bonus magic damage, and apply Sunlight. Incandescence stacks fall of all at once.
- Shield of Daybreak
- Tooltip updated to display correct stun duration (1.25 seconds instead of the intended 1).
- Zenith Blade
- Bug Fix: Rooting targets with active spell shields mid-dash.
- Bug Fix: Rooting targets with active
- Stats
- Armor growth increased to 3.6 from 3.1.
- Zenith Blade
- Projectile width reduced to 70 from 90.
- General
- Texture update to Classic, Defender, Iron Solari, and Valkyrie.
- Twisted Treeline
- Solar Flare
- Cooldown increased to 100 / 90 / 80 seconds from 90 / 75 / 60.
- Dominion
- Solar Flare
- Cooldown increased to 100 / 90 / 80 seconds from 90 / 75 / 60.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 22 from 18.
- Base health regen reduced to 7 from 9.
- Eclipse
- Bonus resistances reduced to 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 from 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65.
- Eclipse
- Bonus armor changed to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+ 20% bonus armor) from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70.
- Bonus magic resistance changed to 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+ 20% bonus magic resistance) from 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70.
- Solar Flare
- Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 100 / 150 / 200.
- Stats
- Movement speed increased to 335 from 310.
- Shield of Daybreak
- Cooldown corrected to match tooltip (11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds).
- Stats
- Magic resistance per level increased to 1.25 from 0.
- Sunlight
- New particle
- Bug Fix: Occasionally scoring double kills against Kog'Maw during Icathian Surprise, Karthus during Death Defied, and/or Omen of Death's target.
- Zenith Blade
- Hitbox increased slightly to match animation.
- Dominion
- Sunlight
- Bug Fix: Scoring double kills when used with Storm Shield against Karthus during Death Defied and/or Omen of Death's target.
- Bug Fix: Scoring double kills when used with Storm Shield against
- General
- Recommended items updated to include Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Trinity Force.
- Recommended items updated to include
- Shield of Daybreak
- Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 12 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 8.
- Eclipse
- Bug Fix: Breaking enemy spell shields on activation.
- Zenith Blade
- Mana cost reduced to 60 at all ranks from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
- New Effect: Leona will attempt to attack the target she dashes to.
- Particle updated to match area of effect.
- Solar Flare
- Cooldown reduced to 90 / 75 / 60 seconds from 105 / 90 / 75.
- V1.0.0.121 added
- Sunlight (Innate)
- Leona's abilities mark the target with sunlight. Allied champions that damage marked targets deal additional damage and consume the mark.
- Shield of Daybreak (Q)
- Leona charges her shield with the power of the sun causing her next melee attack to deal additional damage and briefly stun the target.
- Eclipse (W)
- Leona raises her shield granting her additional Armor and Magic Resistance for 3 seconds. When the effect ends she deals area of effect damage and increases the duration of the defensive bonuses by 3 seconds if she damages an enemy.
- Zenith Blade (E)
- Leona throws a blade of sunlight that deals damage to all enemies in a line. Leona teleports to the last enemy champion hit by this attack.
- Solar Flare (Ultimate)
- After a brief delay, Leona calls down a beam of solar energy dealing damage and slowing enemies. Enemies in the center of the beam are stunned instead of slowed.
Trivia[]
- Leona's dance resembles 'Shield Break' by the Force Shielder from Cabal Online.
- Sunlight and Illumination have nearly identical functionality, with the only differences being who (Leona's allies and Lux herself, respectively) and what (any allied damage source and Lux's basic attacks, respectively) triggers them.
- Sunlight deals 1 less damage to champions wearing sunglasses (whether by default like Vayne or through a skin like Riot Graves or Surfer Singed).
- Leona is the modern feminine derivative of Ancient Greek name Leon Λέων "lion", from an Afro-Asiatic source[2] (cf. Proto-Semitic *labuʔ ~ *labiʔ);[3]
- Her title 'the Radiant Dawn' might be referencing Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn & Hausos, the PIE Dawn Goddess.
- A functional real-life replica of Leona's Zenith Blade was crafted in an episode of YouTube series Man At Arms: Reforged.
- This video can be viewed here.
- There are also episodes where they crafted:
- This video can be viewed here.
See also[]
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References[]
- ↑ Leona's profile page at LeagueOfLegends.com
- ↑ http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fdata%2fsemham%2fafaset&text_number=2279&root=config
- ↑ The Semitic Languages. Ed. Weninger. p. 207-8