Leona ARAM Mayhem Build

The Radiant Dawn. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #50 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21TankSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.9%
Pick rate: 6.1%
Rank: #50 of 173
Games: 1,424,003
Patch: 26.21

How to play Leona in ARAM Mayhem

Leona is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #50 of 173 champions, with a 50.9% win rate over 1,424,003 games.

Leona's damage is mixed (46% physical, 47% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 73,614 damage per game and mitigates another 116,578, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 65 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair, with a 50.8% win rate over 1,042,244 games. On this build 53% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Leona are Armored Impact, Forged By The Master and The Boom and the Bass. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by health and resistances. Skip From Beginning To End and Pin Cushion when you can: they do worst on Leona. A pair to look for: Forged By The Master with Armored Impact.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max W (Eclipse) first, then E, then Q.

Leona ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Leona game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

50.8% win rate · 88% of Leona games · 1,042,244 games

Start

Cloth Armor
Cloth Armor
Cloth Armor
Cloth Armor

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Thornmail
Unending Despair

Boots on the Tank build for Leona, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	53%
Plated Steelcaps	30%
Mercury's Treads	16%

Situational, after the core

Frozen Heart11% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean40% buy it
Sunfire Aegis12% buy it
Randuin's Omen22% buy it
Warmog's Armor27% buy it
Winter's Approach4% buy it

Most bought items

Heartsteel89% of games
Unending Despair62% of games
Warmog's Armor58% of games
Thornmail47% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean34% of games
Mercury's Treads31% of games
Randuin's Omen21% of games
Kaenic Rookern16% of games
Hollow Radiance15% of games
Plated Steelcaps14% of games

Best augments for Leona

Every card with enough Leona games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Leona's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Leona

3 S tier and 37 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Leona in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier S	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Courage of the Colossus	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (150–450 (by level) +4% Max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Ravenous Bind	Gold	Tier A	Minimum healing: (50–200 (by level) +5% Ability Power +10% Bonus Health) Healing increases up to 50% based on spell cooldown.
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier A	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…
Soul Eater	Gold	Tier A	Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 300 Health.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…

Average on Leona
37 cards, best first

Below average on Leona
31 cards, best first

Weakest on Leona
10 cards, best first

Best first augment for Leona

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Leona's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and Courage of the Colossus come out on top.

The best augments for Leona in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S
2	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
3	Courage of the ColossusTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Final FormTier S
4	Infinite RecursionTier A	Courage of the ColossusTier A	Final FormTier A	Armored ImpactTier S
5	Heavy HitterTier A	Ultimate AwakeningTier A	FruitifyTier A	HellbentTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Leona, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 51.0% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.9% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 48.4% win rate

Skill order

WEclipse
EZenith Blade
QShield of Daybreak

Max W first. 40% of players use this order (52.8% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Leona in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 6.6 / 11.8 / 29.1
KDA: 3.27
Damage to champions: 33,734
Damage taken: 73,614
Self-mitigated: 116,578
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 1
Crowd control: 65 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 17:01

Damage type

Physical 46%Magic 47%True 8%

Questions and answers

What is the best Leona build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Leona: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Leona in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Leona, best first: Armored Impact, Forged By The Master and The Boom and the Bass. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Leona good in ARAM Mayhem?

Leona is tier B on patch 26.21, #50 of 173 champions, with a 50.9% win rate over 1.4 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Leona in ARAM Mayhem?

For Leona's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, Courage of the Colossus, Infinite Recursion and Heavy Hitter, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

Get Leona's build and card tiers in your game

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Leona counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.