Lissandra Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

This page contains a champion character strategy guide for Lissandra), including stats, skills and abilities, runes masteries, and playstyles.

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Lissandra

Basic Information

Lissandra – the Ice Witch
Class	Mage	Role	Burst
Secondary Bar	Mana	IP/RP	6300/975

Champion Stats

	Lv1	Per Lv	Lv18
Health	506	+75	1781
Health Regen	6.92	+0.55	16.3
Mana	304	50	1154
Mana Regen	5.67	0.4	12.5
Attack Damage	50.5	+2.7	96.4
Armor	20.2	+3.7	83.1
Attack Speed	0.625	2.9%	23.1%
Magic Resist	30	+0.5	38.5
Movement Speed	325	–	–
Ranged	550

Lore

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”The sun’s rays reach all of Runeterra, so too must the image of its champion.”
Lissandra’s magic twists the pure power of ice into something dark and terrible. With the force of her black ice, she does more than freeze – she impales and crushes those who oppose her. To the terrified denizens of the north, she is known only as ”The Ice Witch.” The truth is much more sinister: Lissandra is a corruptor of nature who plots to unleash an ice age on the world.Centuries ago, Lissandra betrayed her tribe to evil creatures, known as the Frozen Watchers, in return for power. That was the last day that warm blood ran through her veins. With her corrupted tribesmen and the strength of the Watchers, she swept across the land like a terrible blizzard. As her empire spread, the world grew colder and ice choked the land. When the Watchers were defeated by ancient heroes, Lissandra did not lose faith and swore to prepare the world for their return.Lissandra worked to purge all knowledge of the Watchers from the world. Using magic to take human form, she masqueraded as numerous seers and elders. Over the course of generations, she rewrote the stories of the Freljord, and so the history of its people changed. Today the fragmented retellings of the Watchers are seen as children’s tales. But this deception wasn’t enough – Lissandra also needed an army.She set her sights on the noble Frostguard tribe. Lissandra knew corrupting the Frostguard would take centuries, and so she launched her greatest deception. She murdered and stole the identity of the Frostguard leader. Then she slowly began to warp the tribe’s proud traditions. When her human form grew old, she faked her own death and then murdered her successor to steal her identity. With each generation, the Frostguard grew more insular, cruel and twisted. Today, the world still sees them as a noble and peaceful tribe that guards against evil creatures like the Ice Witch. In truth, they now serve the witch and long for the glorious return of the Watchers.Lissandra knows that on that day nations will fall and the world will be reborn in ice.”Close your eyes and let the cold take you.”
— Lissandra
Source: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en)

Skills

Icon	Description
	Iceborn (Static Cooldown: 18/15/12/9)Every 18 seconds Lissandra’s next ability costs no Mana. This cooldown is reduced by 1 second whenever Lissandra impairs an enemy’s movement with an ability (does not apply to movement-impairing effects from items).
	Ice Shard (Target Range: 725/825, Cost: 85 Mana, Cooldown: 6/5.25/4.5/3.75/3)ACTIVE: Throws a spear of ice that shatters when it hits an enemy, dealing 70/100/130/160/190 (+65% Ability Power) magic damage and slowing Movement Speed by 16/19/22/25/28% for 1.5 seconds. Shards then pass through the target, dealing the same damage to other enemies hit.
	Ring of Frost (Effect Radius: 450, Cost: 50 Mana, Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10)ACTIVE: Deals 70/110/150/190/230 (+40% Ability Power) magic damage to nearby enemies and roots them for 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 seconds.
	Glacial Path (Target Range: 1050, Speed: 850, Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 Mana, Cooldown: 24/21/18/15/12)ACTIVE: Casts an ice claw that deals 70/115/160/205/250 (+60% Ability Power) magic damage to enemies hit.Reactivating this ability transports Lissandra to the claw’s current location.
	Frozen Tomb (Target Range: 550, Effect Radius: 550, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 130/105/80)On Enemy Cast: Freezes target champion solid, stunning it for 1.5 seconds.On Self Cast: Lissandra encases herself in dark ice for 2.5 seconds, healing for 100/150/200 (+30% Ability Power), increased by 1% for each 1% Health she is missing. During this time Lissandra is untargetable and invulnerable but is unable to take any actions.Dark ice then emanates from the target dealing 150/250/350 (+70% Ability Power) magic damage to enemies. The ice lasts for 3 seconds and slows enemy Movement Speed by 30/45/75%.

Strategy

Make use of Lissandra’s Iceborn (passive) skill, as it gives her a free cast of her damaging skills each time it is out of cooldown.
Maximize (Q) Ice Shard by casting it on enemy champions who are behind their lane minions to provide good harassment damage and make your farming easier.
When opponent tries to close in on you, you can root them in place with (W) Ring of Frost, then follow up by punishing them with (Q) Ice Shard or escape with (E) Glacial Path to safety.
You can also initiate a team fight with (E) Glacial Path to close into the enemy carries and hit them with (R) Frozen Tomb to isolate them, then follow up with (W) Ring of Frost and (Q) Ice Shard to deal massive damage.
Defensively, you can cast (R) Frozen Tomb on yourself to avoid being damaged by opponents for a short duration, then escape with (E) Glacial Path.

Runes & Masteries

COMING SOON

Summoner Spells

Top Lane

Flash	Teleport

Item Builds

Starting Items

Doran’s Ring	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation x2	Warding Totem

Core Items

Zhonya’s Hourglass	Rod of Ages	Hextech Protobelt-01

Zhonya’s Hourglass – Zhonya’s Hourglass works extremely well with Lissandra’s kit. Since she excels in bringing the fight to the enemy team and locking down targets with (R) Frozen Tomb, this often leaves her susceptible to being focused down. This item gives her added protection whenever she casts (R) Frozen Tomb on enemies, not to mention it gives her decent bonus Ability Power and armor stats.

Rod of Ages – Lissandra is a squishy champion that can get bursted down if she’s not careful. Getting Rod of Ages on her allows her to get a bit tanky while giving her skills added potency. This item gives her bonus health, mana and Ability Power up to a certain stack.

Hextech Protobelt-01 – her initiates allow her to get into the fight quickly and shut down priority targets. With Hextech Protobelt-01, she is able to have another engage skill apart from (E) Glacial Path. This item gives her an active skill that moves her forward to deal damage on opponents in her way, as well as it gives her good overall Ability Power, Health and cooldown reduction stats.

Full Item Build

Rod of Ages	Sorcerer’s Shoes	Zhonya’s Hourglass

Hextech Protobelt-01	Void Staff	Rabadon’s Deathcap

Sorcerer’s Shoes – Sorcerer’s Shoes is a standard boots upgrade for mages. It gives good movement speed and magic penetration, providing more damage potency to her skills.

Void Staff – Void Staff further increases Lissandra’s damage, as it provides good bonus Ability Power. Moreover, Lissandra’s skills gain more magic penetration on enemies which means she increases her burst potential, especially in team fights.

Rabadon’s Deathcap – Another standard mage item, Rabadon’s Deathcap significantly increases Lissandra’s Ability Power, which means her skills gain more damage. This proves handy in team fights, as she’ll have the ability to whittle and burst down squishy targets.

Situational Items

Banshee’s Veil	Ionian Boots of Lucidity	Mercury’s Treads

Mejai’s Soulstealer

Banshee’s Veil – Another defensive item for mages, Banshee’s Veil gives her a spell shield that protects her from being disabled from one crowd control skill. Aside from that, it also provides her good Ability Power, cooldown reduction and magic resistance stats.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity – This boots upgrade gives her more chances to spam her skills. It gives good movement speed and cooldown reduction bonuses.

Mercury’s Treads – Subsequently, for enemies who have hard crowd control or deal magic damage, Mercury’s Treads is a good boots upgrade. It lessens the duration of disables Lissandra incurs during clashes.

Mejai’s Soulstealer – For the more aggressive players, Mejai’s Soulstealer increases Lissandra’s Ability Power for every kill and assist she acquires in-game. In turn, her skills gain more damage and she can snowball the competition. However, if she gets killed, she loses her stacks.

Playing Against

During the laning phase, keep distance when you’re behind your minion wave, as Lissandra can still hit you with (Q) Ice Shard.
Be careful when you charge at Lissandra – she can stop your advance with (W) Ring of Frost and punish you with (Q) Ice Shard for decent damage.
(W) Ring of Frost has a long cooldown. You can trade with Lissandra after she has used this skill during skirmishes and clashes.
Lissandra is especially vulnerable after she uses her (E) Glacial Path, since its her only escaping skill. Punish her when you see her use this skill.
You can intercept her escape by checking which direction Lissandra will cast (E) Glacial Path – she can teleport to where the claw ends.
Lissandra is especially susceptible to poke damage and being a target to focus fire.
If she casts (R) Frozen Tomb on herself, wait for a couple of seconds to then follow up on damaging and possibly eliminating her. Remember that whenever she’s entombed, she is immune to damage, and the surrounding area is slowed.

Hard Counter

Kassadin – Kassadin specializes in taking down mages. His kit allows him to get close, eliminate her, and get out of dodge quickly.
Syndra – Syndra is effective when it comes to hitting enemies from a safe distance. She trades with Lissandra well during the laning phase, and when she initiates, she can stun her and finisher her off with Unleashed Power.
Diana – Diana is proficient in getting close to enemies and dealing massive damage. She is able to get close to Lissandra once she hits her with Crescent Strike, where she can follow up with Lunar Rush.
Brand – Brand excels in lane pressure with Pillar of Flame, Sear and Conflagration. He can also whittle down Lissandra with Pillar of Flame during the laning phase; if she’s down to low health, he can combo Conflagration with Sear to stun her and finish her off with Pillar of Flame + Pyroclasm.

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