Blitzcrank vs Leona — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Blitzcrank against Leona · 48.81% win rate over 5,314 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Leona is favoured — Leona owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Blitzcrank's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Blitzcrank wins 48.81% of games vs Leona in support (5,314 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1BlitzcrankAt level 1 Leona has no gap-closer, so your Rocket Grab punishes any step-up.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is a coin-flip — first engage landed wins the trade.
Level 3LeonaBy level 3 her Zenith Blade plus stun chain out-engages your telegraphed hook.
Levels 4-5LeonaThrough 4-5 her multi-CC all-in out-locks your single knock-up.
Level 6LeonaLevel 6 Solar Flare gives her a decisive second stun your kit can't answer.
First itemEven / skillWith first item you tank her dive and it re-levels to skill.
Two+ itemsEven / skillLate, whoever lands the first hard CC — your grab or her engage — decides the fight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You edge level 1 — before she has Zenith Blade she can't reach you, so a level-1 Q on Leona is a free punish if she steps up. At level 2 it flips to a pure skill coin-flip: your grab versus her E-Q engage, first hard CC wins.

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The full Blitzcrank vs Leona report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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