Standard — burst
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,700 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
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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.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Lissandra build (Mid Lane): Rabadon's Deathcap › Infinity Orb › Luden's Echo › Horizon Focus › Malignance, boots Boots of Mana, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,700 total costNothing 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 +900gScores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
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.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see 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.
Amplifying Tome
CDR ultimate R Frozen Tomb for CC more often
AoE damage on R Frozen Tomb, perfect synergy
AP max for burst Q-W-E-R combo in teamfights
Sorcerer's Shoes
Stasis
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).