Leona
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Good (7/10)
High Investment Required
Rare Relics OK
Leona is a highly effective control champion who excels at locking down the enemy board with stuns and building massive unit stats. While her power level is undeniable, especially at higher constellation levels, her slow pacing and reliance on specific support units like Rahvun can make her gameplay feel repetitive. She requires a moderate to high investment to overcome her sluggish early game.
Daybreak Consistency
Provides +1 starting mana when Leona is Titanic, accelerating her slow early game.
Grants +3 Health, pushing Leona's base 5 Health to 8, which activates the Titanic requirement for Starforged Gauntlets.
Draws a 4-cost card and reduces its cost to 0. This guarantees drawing Rahvun, Daylight's Spear, ensuring permanent Daybreak activation.
Strategy
This build focuses on solving Leona's two biggest weaknesses: early game tempo and reliance on Rahvun. Luminous Orb ensures Leona is Titanic, activating Starforged Gauntlets for a crucial extra mana gem.
Found Fortune guarantees that Rahvun is drawn and played for free, provided no other 4-cost cards are drafted during the adventure. This setup allows Leona to immediately establish board control and permanently activate Daybreak effects.
Formidable Scaling
Grants Daybreak allies +0|+1 and Tough, providing significant health scaling when combined with her 6-star power.
Converts the massive health buffs generated by Daybreak triggers into offensive power.- Ensures Rahvun is drawn to maintain continuous Daybreak triggers.
Strategy
Designed specifically for a 6-star Leona, this build capitalizes on the doubled Daybreak effects. Shield of Daybreak continuously stacks health on allied units, which Strength of Stone then weaponizes by granting Formidable.
Found Fortune ensures Rahvun is drawn to maintain continuous Daybreak triggers. This transforms Leona's board into an unbreakable wall of high-stat units that can easily close out games.
Permastun Control
Doubles Leona's champion spell once 6 mana is reached, allowing for multiple stuns per action.
Generates a fleeting copy of Leona each round, providing a constant supply of her champion spell.
Generates a 0-cost spell each round, which serves as a reliable, burst-speed trigger for Leona's 4-star Phalanx power.
Strategy
This build leans heavily into Leona's control capabilities. The goal is to survive the early game until reaching 6 mana.
Once active, Chemtech Duplicator doubles the Morning Light spells generated by The Grand General's Counterplan. Perfect Hex Core provides a 0-cost spell each round, serving as a reliable, burst-speed trigger for Leona's 4-star Phalanx power to generate defensive barriers.
Zoe Specialized Control
Zoe Specialized
Increases the consistency of drawing Leona and provides cheap champion spells for continuous board control.- Guarantees drawing Rahvun, Daylight's Spear, ensuring permanent Daybreak activation.
- Generates a 0-cost spell each round, which serves as a reliable, burst-speed trigger for Leona's 4-star Phalanx power.
Strategy
Specifically tailored for the 10-star Zoe adventure. Echoing Spirit ensures Leona is drawn and provides cheap champion spells for continuous board control.
Found Fortune guarantees Rahvun for permanent Daybreak, while Perfect Hex Core provides burst-speed barriers to survive Zoe's aggressive early turns.
Other Relic Options
Provides Spellshield, protecting Leona from hard removal in aggressive or control-heavy adventures.- Increases the consistency of drawing Leona and provides cheap champion spells for continuous board control.
Grants a Rally upon leveling up, allowing Leona to immediately capitalize on a stunned enemy board.
Creates strong synergies with Leona's 2-star power, enabling rapid champion level-ups and generating 0-cost Morning Light spells.
Perfect Hex Core is uniquely valuable for Leona once she unlocks her 4-star power, as it provides a consistent way to generate defensive barriers at burst speed.
Constellation
Leona's constellation path is somewhat restrictive, with key upgrades locked behind mandatory nodes. However, the upgrades successfully transform her from a slow control champion into an overwhelming stat-scaling powerhouse capable of handling Nightmare difficulties.
Solar Power
Allies have "Daybreak: Grant me +1|+1."
Piety's Reward
+1 Starting Mana. When you level up an ally champion, create a Morning Light in hand. It costs 0.
Solar Power II
Allies have "Daybreak or when you activate another Daybreak: Grant me +1|+1."Review
Grants Daybreak to drafted champions, making her surprisingly versatile in draft modes even without inherent Daybreak allies.
Phalanx
When you target an ally, give it Barrier this round.Review
Grants Barrier when targeted. Synergizes incredibly well with 0-cost spells like those from Perfect Hex Core.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
Provides a crucial extra mana gem, significantly improving her early game tempo and allowing for a Turn 2 Rahvun.
Aspect of the Sun
Whenever an ally's Daybreak is activated, activate it again.Review
Doubles Daybreak effects, turning her board into an unbreakable wall of stats and enabling permastuns, though it only counts as a single activation toward her level-up.
Gameplay Tips
- Optimize Found Fortune
If utilizing the Found Fortune relic, avoid drafting any 4-cost cards during the adventure. This guarantees that the relic will always draw Rahvun, Daylight's Spear, who is essential for maintaining permanent Daybreak effects.
- Manage Hand Size
Leona's deck generates significant value and card creation, making it very easy to overfill your hand. Avoid drafting powers or items that draw additional cards at the start of the game to prevent burning important combo pieces.
- Increase Animation Speed
Leona's frequent Daybreak activations and board-wide stun triggers can significantly extend game time. Increasing the game's animation speed to 4x in the settings is highly recommended to make her gameplay much more fluid.
- Understand C6 Mechanics
Her 6-star power doubles the effect of Daybreak (such as the stat buffs and stuns) but only counts as a single activation toward her level-up requirement. Furthermore, casting a spell with a Daybreak effect does not trigger the C6 duplication; the activation must come directly from an ally unit.
- Leverage Perfect Hex Core
Once Leona reaches 4 stars, Perfect Hex Core becomes a premium defensive tool. The 0-cost spell it generates each round acts as a burst-speed trigger for her Phalanx power, allowing you to bait the AI into unfavorable trades.