I didn't have time to nitpick through the text. Everything looks good as well as being extremely informative. My final score is 9/10 Which means I'll Upvote and rep

As for my tips

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Could you explain to me how scaing AP that only gives 9AP at level 18 can help?

very detailed and helpful, thank you :)

Extremely nice guide. Hope you don't mind I am stealing a few ideas for my Kha'Zix guide!

So pretty ^.^

kapparoni

By far the best guide i saw in a long while..

Nice one !

Your guides are always up-vote worthy! ^_^

The question is though, why didn't I up-vote sooner? o_O

What an awesome and in depth guide!
Well done!

Scrub :P jk, good job Emi

beautiful as always!

Hey great guide. It was very thorough and helpful as I am fairly new to Lissandra. Out of curiosity, have you had any luck playing Lissandra in the jungle or support positions?

The formatting looks very aesthetically pleasing with the blue icy theme, but you should probably fix up some of the information you have regarding the cheatsheet.

The main difference between the two are honestly just choosing to go deathcap second or not, and you can fully address that in one build.

Build 1:
Runes:

- If you're planning to run Morello (20% cdr), 3 flat MR blues are fine vs hard laners, scaling mr is fine vs scary scalers, but you should probably add in 3 ap/lvl blues as an option as well when you dont need the mr. When you go RoA you don't cap out on CDR with 10% from runes, 10% from boots, and 10% from zhonya's, which is 30% in total, so running full scaling cdr is perfectly fine. Ofc you'll want to see how the game is progressing to see what item you want first Morello / RoA which you can't know until you're in game at times, so I'd default 9x scaling cdr glyphs since you'll go RoA most of the time anyways with how the meta is being played now.

Masteries:

- Vampirism > Natural Talent , Precision > Intelligence . Vamp simply has more value than Nat Tal and Lissandra doesn't benefit from extra CDR as much as the extra damage.

Items:

- You can buy a Blasting Wand if you have like 900 gold instead of the components of RoA because it's simply more combat effective.

- Abyssal Mask doesn't replace Rod of Ages. You typically work towards components of Abyssal Mask if you're against a heavy ap threat ( null magic mantle, Negatron Cloak) depending on how much you need it to survive laning phase. Only if you're really pinned down you get the Abyssal Mask, but even so you should be working towards Rod of Ages afterwards because it won't be that delayed. Only in cases where the game is accelerating at a super fast pace you can skip RoA and go straight into Aby Zhonya.

- Ludens, Banshee, and GA are no goes. No situation where you'll need Ludens b/c if you're ahead you'll want zhonya / dcap over ludens. Banshee and GA delay your core items and getting damage / zhonya is much more important than caring about not dying since you have such a good initiate and hard cc.

- Liandry's is like.... really really situational only when you need an instant power spike later in the game from haunting guise when you base with 1500 gold

- Prolly should put void before dcap in sample build. third ~ fourth buy voids are the norm b/c of enemy aegis and extra mr items around that time. You also don't really buy abyssal later in the game in most cases when you're ahead. only when the enemy team has a really scary ap threat that you didn't have to deal with in lane should you buy abyssal after.


Build 2:

SS:

- dont default ignite D:

Runes:

- Don't run Flat AP glyphs. Even laners who want to dominate lane completely don't run AP glyphs because they're simply effective in way too less scenarios.

Masteries:

- Don't run Double Edged Sword . It's only for junglers and certain melee tops. Laners always go Feast


Items:

- Chapter > Codex in priorities

- dcap second is only when ur really really really far ahead and have a lot of gold upon backing because even when you're slightly ahead or moderately ahead an early zhonya / aby allow you to make more aggressive plays.

Other stuff same as build 1

So yea in the end when you fix some stuff your build 1 and 2 are honestly basically the same, the only difference being a second item dcap purchase, which is why i think u should just combine them and explain it in cheatsheet.

Guide:

Intro:

- "as a utility mage, a burst champion, or CDR/DPS ability spammer." Liss doesn't 'split off' into different roles. She's a utility mage with a lot of hard cc and initiate. She has a lot of burst when ahead but her main focus is on what i just mentioned. dunno what a cdr / dps ability spammer is tbh

- Liss doesn't have poke or mobility. "poke" is only in lane and mobility is only in that one gapclose. aside from her e she's extremely immobile.

- All champs are item dependent. It's not a result from any of her qualities.

- She's one of the easier mid laners to learn out there as well.

Runes:

- Don't run Hpen marks, flat health seals, or MS quints because they simply aren't good on her because their counterparts are simply much more effective.

Masteries:

- Expose Weakness is simply inferior to the sustain you get from Feast . 0 situations in which it is better.

- Other stuff explained above

SS:

- TP is not only much more beginner friendly because you can tp back into lane in rough situations but is also the best summoner spell on her. Ignite is hardly ever taken (probably 5% of the time) because ignite simply doesn't do much aside from extra damage to secure a kill, whereas TP allows for extremely great tp ganks combined with your E and hard cc and also gives u lane pressure as well. Exhaust almost isn't considered either since your cc really ****s all the AD laners already. Liss really punishes ad laners and has her ultimate as a last resot against burst so there's no reason to take exhaust.

Skill order:

- W max second is better when ahead and actively trying to snowball since you get more damage after you initiate. it's better in most cases since you aren't planning to fight with more than one e. you typically engage a fight and expect immediate results with your hard cc and damage..


Items:

- early boots are honestly really useless. They're only decent vs certain skillshots that you can dodge with boots, but otherwise they're just a cash dump after you buy priority items.

- blasting wand is a great purchase if you cant finish a cata instantly because most likely you'll be able to farm up to a catalyst next back and it gives you better combat stats compared to a mana / health crystal.

- Abyssal isn't necessary. You only get it when you need it.

- Ludens bveil and GA are useless as explained before


Gameplay:

- Overall there's not a lot of champion-specific information. As a reader I want to know how Lissandra's early laning phase and teamfight role compare to other counterparts. What is my approach to laning? What are my goals in lane? What should I expect coming into lane in most cases? beginner friendly info is nice but you should probably elaborate more.

- "One such example is when you're dominating your lane to the point where you can consistently kills when you all-in your lane opponent. Since both item builds emphasize mid and late game scaling, sometimes it's better to stay in lane to snowball yourself instead of roaming and risking your lane opponent catching back up because they had gotten free farm without you to pressure." this is actually incorrect. you want to be pressuring other lanes to have maximum control over the game. if you mess up somehow when trying to help side lanes that doesn't mean the decision itself was wrong, that's just on execution. typically you'll want to control mid minions after you get ahead so you can roam and get significant advantages while your enemy laner only scavenges some cs. the only case where you'll want to sit in lane is if your team is winning everywhere else.

Combos:

Should probably mention how to identify situations where you should use certain combos. Also there's a distinct lack of self ultimate usage explaining.

- Honestly EQW is generally better since your w cancels a slight bit of ur q animation allowing damage to come out instantly. EWQ is only good if you want to make sure the enemy cannot escape instantly after u go in.

nice guide overall.

formatting and beginner information portions are really solid but you should probably work on fixing accuracy and focus on elaborating more on how lissandra fits in a game of league of legends compared to other picks.