Nami vs Leona Counter Pick

With 3,278 games on patch 16.13.1 behind it, this is one of the better-sampled support pairings, and the verdict is stable: Nami wins 45.3%, so Leona is the favourite. The statlines do not argue. Leona opens with 43 armor and finishes at 124.6, alongside 646 health growing to 2,363, while Nami starts at 29 armor and 560 health and tops out at 2,056.

The kits explain the rest. Sunlight marks anything her spells touch and lets allies consume it for extra damage, so a connected engage instantly becomes a two-champion burst window. Shield of Daybreak stuns on the next attack, Zenith Blade drags her to the last champion struck, and Solar Flare stuns whoever stands in the centre of its area. Nami answers with one hard stun in Aqua Prison and one knockup in Tidal Wave, both slow-travelling and both needed defensively.

The adjustments are mechanical rather than statistical. Never stand at the far edge of a Zenith Blade line, hold Aqua Prison until Eclipse has expired rather than casting into its damage reduction and bonus resistances, and apply Surging Tides before the engage so the carry already has speed. Magic resist is close to wasted gold here, since Leona deals mixed damage at 125 attack range and the actual threat is her chain of crowd control, not her damage total. Leona details.