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Leona

Radiant Dawn · Stun-to-buff midrange

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Leona buffs a friendly unit whenever you stun one or more enemy units.

Live data · our tournament results, last 14 days

Where Leona Stands Right Now

Tier

C

Midrange

Meta share

1.2%

69 tracked decks

Top 8s

0

across 15 events

Match record

45.3%

77W – 93L

CN / West share

1.7% / 1%

0 / 0 top 8s

The engine

What Leona Rewards

Radiant Dawn · printed ability

“When you stun one or more enemy units, buff a friendly unit. (If it doesn't have a buff, it gets a +1 Might buff.)”

Leona asks you to care about combat math; the fun is setting up fights where your units survive because the Legend ability changes the numbers.

How it plays

The Game Plan

Leona wants stun effects to do double duty: stop an enemy unit now and grow your own board for the next fight. The deck is defensive, but its buffs create real counterattack pressure.

Strengths

  • Stuns convert into buffs
  • Good defensive tempo
  • Can grow a key unit while answering attackers

Watch Outs

  • Needs stun effects
  • Buffs require a friendly unit in play
  • Can be passive without follow-up pressure

Turn by Turn

  1. 1Early: keep a friendly unit alive so stun triggers have a buff target.
  2. 2Midgame: stun attackers to protect a battlefield and buff the unit that will fight next.
  3. 3Late: stack repeated stun-to-buff turns into a board that can finally conquer.

New to this Legend? Pick Leona if you like control turns that also make your own units bigger.

Proven lists · from our tournament database

What Winning Leona Looks Like

The full list below comes straight from a recent top-performing event run, runes and battlefields included. Use it as the reference build, then adjust for your collection.

Momo

S3 Tianjin Regional Open · 2026-06-07 · 56 cards

Legend (1)

  • Leona, Radiant Dawn1

Units (14)

  • Scuttle Crab3
  • Vi, Peacekeeper3
  • Ashe, Focused2
  • Sona, Harmonious2
  • Vex, Mocking2
  • Leona, Determined1
  • Vilemaw1

Spells (20)

  • Back Off3
  • Defy3
  • Discipline3
  • Call to Glory2
  • Desert's Call2
  • Emperor's Divide2
  • Meditation2
  • Zenith Blade2
  • Tactical Retreat1

Gear (6)

  • Honeyfruit3
  • Zhonya's Hourglass2
  • Shepherd's Heirloom1

Runes (12)

  • Calm Rune6
  • Order Rune6

Battlefields (3)

  • Monastery of Hirana1
  • Ravenbloom Conservatory1
  • Sunken Temple1

Also putting up results: 卓卡-懒大块头 (S3 Tianjin Regional Open, 2026-06-07) and GREY—神切ipe001 (S3 Tianjin Regional Open, 2026-06-07).

The Cards Doing the Work

Riftbound Unit: Scuttle Crab. (Units with 0 [S] can conquer and hold.) When you play me, draw 1. [Deathknell][>] Choose an opponent. They reveal their hand. You can look at their facedown cards this turn. Gain 1 XP. (When I die, get the effects.)

Card advantage · 3x

Scuttle Crab

“When you play me, draw 1. [Deathknell] → Choose an opponent. They reveal their hand. You can look at their facedown cards this turn. Gain 1 XP. (When I die, get the effects.)”

Riftbound Spell: Back Off. [Hidden] (Hide now for [A] to react with later for [0].) [Action] (Play on your turn or in showdowns.) [Stun] a unit. (It doesn't deal combat damage this turn.) If you played this from your hand, draw 1.

Card advantage · 3x

Back Off

“[Hidden] (Hide now for 1 Power to react with later for 0 Energy.) [Action] (Play on your turn or in showdowns.) [Stun] a unit. (It doesn't deal combat damage this turn.) If you…”

Riftbound Unit: Vi, Peacekeeper. [Ambush] (You may play me as a [Reaction] to a battlefield where you have units.) When I attack, [Stun] an enemy unit here. (It doesn't deal combat damage this turn.)

Removal & reach · 3x

Vi, Peacekeeper

“[Ambush] (You may play me as a [Reaction] to a battlefield where you have units.) When I attack, [Stun] an enemy unit here. (It doesn't deal combat damage this turn.)”

Your first build

How to Start Playing Leona

Leona has no preconstructed starter deck, so this is a singles build — start from the proven list above in the deck builder and trim toward the cards you own.