Offensive-lockdown mage build: Lissandra wins when she turns a short window into a condemned target, then remains useful enough for the fight to keep revolving around her control. The build must therefore support access, initial impact, and survival right after entry.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,700 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +400gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +900g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
The core build works because it fits Lissandra’s exact pattern: a short entry, heavy lockdown, then an immediate need to convert before dropping.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Q+E+W combo triggers Electrocute on a target rooted or frozen instantly.
Boosts both offensive R and self-cocoon, and takedowns refund it — more ults across long fights.
Haste trims E and W — more poke rotations and roots per fight.
Strengthens pokes Q Ice Shard in early with force enemies to back off.
Reduces incoming damage during his engages or when she freezes herself (R).
