Leona vs Nami — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Leona against Nami · 54.61% win rate over 7,072 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Leona is favoured — Leona owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Nami's 2. Leona wins 54.61% of games vs Nami in support (7,072 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NamiAt level 1 Nami's Ebb and Flow heal-poke out-trades you before your E is online.
Level 2Even / skillAt 2 it's skill-dependent: your E+Q all-in beats her, but a landed Aqua Prison stops it.
Level 3LeonaAt 3 your engage into stun kills a squishy enchanter who has no hard self-peel.
Levels 4-5LeonaAcross 4-5 you dictate every trade because a landed Zenith Blade means a kill on her.
Level 6LeonaAt 6 your Solar Flare locks her before she can disengage with Tidal Wave.
First itemLeonaFirst item, your CC still converts kills on the Nami faster than her sustain saves her.
Two+ itemsNamiLate, her heal-bounce and Tidal Wave disengage let her kite mistimed engages, swinging it back.

Early game (levels 1–5)

At level 1 Nami edges you: her Ebb and Flow heal-poke bounce out-values your short trades before you have E, and her Aqua Prison threatens to stop any early step-up. But the lane flips the moment you hit 2 with E+Q online, and her only defense is a single bubble skillshot. Bait or dodge Aqua Prison and the level-2 all-in is heavily yours.

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The full Leona vs Nami 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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