I don't know if this is an issue for any other Leona players out there but it's driving me nuts.
Leona's HD starters feel unnecessarily hard to work with. If I go for c.B, c.B, s.B, s.HD early confirm starter, the s.B will often be too far away to hit with unless you're standing on them, and trying for it with just c.B, s.B, s.HD will often net me the late confirm. You can't get a s.D late confirm starter so you're stuck with s.C, which is harder to charge for, the second hit (hell, sometimes the whole move) will often whiff, and it will occasionally push them too far out for flash chop to connect. Going for the d.B, d.B, c.HD late confirm is a lot easier, but you already have to have a charge stored up to get anything.
I've frequently been in situations where a something ambiguous happens and I get a poke in, but can't go for the c.HD late starter because I've lost the charge. Alternatively, I've also often a bit too far out for the first starter and constantly having to switch between the two isn't doing me much better. So right now I'm trying to find the best of both worlds and the only answer I've got is to get fast enough to two hit confirm into early HD s.D first time every time. Anyone got anything better/more practical or is this just a case of choosing a lesser evil? Better still, does anyone have some crazy way to late confirm in s.D?
Edit: So you can late cancel into s.D. If you press B and D at the same time, D takes priority, and if you press B right before C when you late HD, B takes priority. So press BD and then C and you get a late s.D. Took me a little while to get it consistent but the range ends up being pretty much the inverse of s.C with the first hit always whiffing and the second one hitting. Still though, you get more time to confirm with s.D so it's not completely useless, but so far all results are pointing to me needing both starters at all points in the match.