Leona has been one of my favorite characters in a while in UFS, and I've been constantly tweaking and seeing good ways to work on her support and her potential via Earth-Fire, using Iori's support from Cutting Edge. Would be glad for suggestions and critiques, since I really am running out of options on how to work on it.

This is what I have so far:

-Characters

1 **Leona** (Earth/Fire/Life)

-Actions

4 Military Discipline (Earth/Fire/Life) (4/3 +1M) (4/3 2M1 Powerful: 3)

4 Tag Along (Earth) (5/4)

-Assets

2 Olcadan's Mentoring (Infinity) (0/6 +0L)

4 Seal of Cessation (Infinity) (3/3 +2L)

4 Valeria's Shop (Infinity) (3/6 +0H)

-Attacks

4 Cobra Blow (Earth/Fire) (4/2 +1L 2H2 Punch) (3/2)

4 Moon Slasher (Earth/Fire/Life) (5/3 +1L 4H4 Punch)

4 Tiger Fury (Earth/Fire) (7/3 +1M 4H4 Punch)

-Foundations

4 Amy's Assistance (Earth/Fire) (2/4 +1M)

4 Bitter Rivals (Fire) (3/4 +2M)

4 Heidern's Assassination Arts (Earth/Fire/Life) (2/5 +1L)

4 No Memories (Fire) (4/4 +3M)

4 Origins Unknown (Earth/Fire/Life) (1/5 +1H)

4 Strenous Training (Earth/Fire) (1/4 +1M)

4 The Silent Soldier (Earth/Fire/Life) (1/4 +1M)

4 The Street Life (Earth/Fire) (4/5 +4L)

-Side Board

4 Cutting Edge (Earth) (2/5 +1M)

4 Holding Ground (Earth) (2/4 +2L)

Tried to focus Leona with High attacks and this is what I cam eup with. Cobra Blow is simply a beast with Leona, either by Military Discipline or Origins Unknown.

Tag Along is mostly there to pick up the Cobra Blows in case I need them or to negate and cancel character Abilities, such as Zi Mei, Morrigan, etc.

Advice is very appretiated.

Just an idea:

The Leona that made top 8 at NOVA Regionals was solely off of Earth. It took advantage of the 8HS by outspeeding everybody and using cards such as The Ways of Punishment, Inhuman Perception, and Revenant's Calling.

It killed mainly off of High attacks like Tiger Fury and Plasma Beam. In top 8, Leona hit me with a 35dmg Tiger Fury on turn 3.

Most of the Fire stuff in unnecessary. Earth has the better attacks and the better control pieces to win games.

I would take Shane's advice on this. With Stand Off now in the format in addition to what he named, you'd be surprised at how potently destructive earth is over fire. If you have the opportunity to do so, I say go with a mono-earth build.

Plus, Leona has 14 fricken health! Earth has a lot more damage redux than Fire does, and one single Battle Prowess on the table (which consequentially matches Life too) can keep you alive.

B-Rad said:

The 14VIT didn't really matter pre-set 12, but she still ran stuff like Battle Prowess, Assassination Arts, and Holding Ground. Now post-set 12, she'll probably use those three cards more often. That's really all she needs to defend her 14VIT.