2011-07-14, 04:57 PM
Darkmaniak Wrote:I'm still debating whether I should get Leona or not, I've been reading about her on forums, also checking her abilities. So far she looks like a lame version of Amumu, with borrowed skills from other tanks, that were taken down a little. This is what I see:
Q-on hit stun. A high CD version of Udyr's bear, without speed bonus, although her E fixes that. The stun timer is really short, and with merc threads it becomes less than a second. I honestly think that this is a really weak cc, and I can think of 10 stuns better than her's (Udyr, Sion, Taric, Alistar, Annie, Irelia, Pantheon, Renekton, Veigar...)
W-A pretty lame shield, it has less defense than Galio's and Rammus's shields, and they both have better effects than the little extra damage she gets from it after 3 seconds, she can't even trigger it like Sion, and also her AP ratio is horrible on this skill. (Look at Sion, the AP ratio for the damage is 1.)
E-It's like Bandage toss with shorter range but slightly better utility. I haven't got much to say about this, haven't seen it used well, so I won't talk about it, but I think it's not that great.
R-It's like a weak version of Amumu's ult, the AP ratio is worse, it's not like you're building AP but it is worse, it might be ranged but you're supposed to be in the middle of the fight anyway. Also, the time of the stun is only 1.5 secs while Amumu's has a bigger range, a full stun range and it stuns for 2.5 seconds. The cooldown on Leona's is shorter but it's not like you'll use it twice in a teamfight.
Q. The problem with comparing it to Udyr, is that Udyr doesn't have a gap closer to land that stun. Same with Alistar. I'll have to concede that the other players you mentioned have a better stun, though.
W. I have to concede that to you there.
E. It is like bandage toss, actually. I think I'll compare it more to Irelia's. A gap closer with a short stun followed by your Q stun, which stuns a target much longer than Amumu's bandage toss. At earlier levels, though, it also has a much less cooldown.
R. Her cooldown on R is ridiculous. 75 seconds at max level. Compare that to Amumu's 130! That's almost 2x less! You'll be able to use this a lot, lot, more.
I think you're comparing each of her skills to the "best" of every champion. However, Leona has no move that is the best move in the game. What Leona brings is a queen (yes, I didn't say jack on purpose) of all trades to the table as a tank, with shorter cooldowns on a lot of her skills.