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Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Iceborn Subjugation (PASSIVE)
Lissandra Passive Ability
Introduction

Welp, this is my first guide ever, i hope it goes well. Also, english is not my native language, so don't be gammar nazis plox kthxbye.
I've played

i'm not gonna get in every detail of "How many



Also, for what i've seen, my way of playing liss is kinda different than all the other guides. so, i suggest you give it a look ;)
The really interesting thing about lissandra is the amount of cc she has, and that's is what makes her so fun and "op" as some may say. Obviously she has counterplays, but everybody cries when the new champ comes out :P
Here we go!

Lissandra 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 corrupter 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 retelling 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.” –

Enough lore, let's get to what you are here for

-Pros
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-Cons
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Typical AP caster runes









The whole idea here is to max




so, the secuence will be something like this

To start of, i play


So, i've seen a lot of builds over the interwebz, and almost all of them lack cdr items that, for me, are super important on liss, or they buy them really late in game.
"But OP, magic pen is way better than cdr"
YOU ARE WRONG BILLY (kindof). the guide i linked before used to explain why cdr was way better than mpen on

"What does all that have to do with this guide?"
ERRYTHIN'
let me say 2 things,
- I know that builds depend a lot on your enemy team, allies, etc, but like i said, this is a general guide and is the one that works the best in most the cases.
- I know
Vladimir is
Vladimir and not
Lissandra, but here is why cdr is way better than mpen on liss:
-Your

-Now, your

-Also, your


Now, i want you to think about this, all this cd readucted,now you deal damage and cc your enemies faster, that can make the difference when that gragas with 15 hp is about to pop his barrel to kill you. when you are trying to run away with 5% hp, you can just slow them with



i build cdr really early to help you deal more damage faster since the early levels. farming will be a piece of cake and poking will be hilarious
i will get in deteails about the gameplay in other section. but i guess
you get the idea of why cdr is good on liss
"But why don't you get more cdr then?"
CDR has a 40% cap. now you get 4% cdr with your masteries, and in-game blue buff gives you 20% cdr, that gives you a totall of 24%.


"But OP, i cast so many skills! Now i dont have any mana!"
Yes, that was the problem i had while i was testing on the pbe. To solve that:

Now, i've seen other people getting





"Now i have cdr and mana, i want to deal some damage!"
That's the spirit. Now, i like to rush



After that my game has finished, but in case those bastards haven't surrendered yet, finish you




Recaping,


"YAY! I won OP, I won!"
I'm proud of you Billy :')

Now getting serious, i'll explain the items



If you choose starting boot + 3 pots you will have a hard time farming cause you'll get oom really fast
start with





ice-burn the enemy team down. consider not building this if the enemy team is full of squishies (go straight to rabaddon and some other bursty items). but consider that all your skills are aoe and this lil mask increases your damage a lot.






you are one of the main damage dealers in your team. Doing the combo will raep erryone.

see much use on this (considering the way i play her)



DO NOT BUILD ZOMG !!11!!1!one!!!eleven!!27








"But you said you play liss like vlad"
Yes, but vlad's spells cost hp, and he wastes a lot of hp on them, so speel vamp makes obvious sense on vlad, but not here. liss spends mana. we already gave her mana regen things
That's it i guess
i'll keep adding things if i see something works/doesn't

Now, like i said before, i like to play


So, let's get started

Farming with liss is fun and easy, just try to aim your

While doing this try to poke your opponent down. And when i say this i don't mean go 1v1. Try to land your


PROTIP: if you get closer to the target you land your Q on, the shards will travel further
So, just far with your



NEVER
I'LL BE WATCHING YOU
NEVER DO IT (i'll explain why in a while)
Bein ganked: Now, be "carefull" because farming this fast and keeping the enemy away will make you push really fast and you will be more "open" to recieve ganks. i suggest buying wards.
But here comes the fun part. You are "immune" to ganks! (kind of). All you have to do is do some playz
- wait until they come close, freeze them with
Ring of Frost, cast
Glacial Path, go away (maybe you won't even need to cast
Glacial Path)
- if you are kinda trapped, cast your
Glacial Path(here's why you shouldn't use it to farm) in 1 direction and walk to another. you enemies will have to chose 1 path. in case they follow you just hit E again to teleport away. in case they follow the hand, just walk away (you can pull really funny thigs doing this, like teleporting over walls or teleport +
Flash in different directions)
That's it. i barely get killed by ganks.
But don't get too cocky, junglers like







PROTIP: if you are really low and the enemies decide to tower dive you, just let them hit you ONCE, cast W to freeze them there, them cast your ult on you to avoid damage. The turret will do the rest.

THE COMBO






When you recieve help off your jungler: just wait until the enemy is near, get close, cast

teleport,




The idea is to keep him frozen to stop him from flashing away
PROTIP: Most of the times i get first blood by simply poking them with


Now you won your lane, time to help people
Ganking is also easy with liss, all you have to do is cast your

Again, COMBO. If you have to chase, your



Teamfights
Ah, teamfights, gotta love the smell of yordle blood in the air.
This is the time when you'll see the real power of

Like i said, this champ works like








Now you have 2 choices:
Frozen Tomb yourself: if you are being focused hard. This will confuse the team cause they will still try to hit you but you will be immune, giving your
team an advantage in damage, and saving your own ***
Frozen Tomb an enemy: I suggest doing this. What you have to do is freeze the most annoying guy (obviously not the tank for god sake). For example: if the enemy
Graves got fed botlane and is 3shoting your team, you go in and ult him. This will prevent him from doing any damage, and will give your team time to kill him.
Whichever option you take, both will do insane aoe damage, and if you have




What's so good about

And that's mostly it. if you did the things right you propably got a nice killing spree, probably an ace. Time to win now
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