Lissandra
Build Guide by MorePierogiVanya
[NEWEST PATCH] Lissandra Support - A generous Queen that helps
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Runes: Glacial Augment + Resolve
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2
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Inspiration
Resolve
+8 ability haste
+6 Armor
+6 Armor
Spells:
Summoner Spells
Exhaust
Flash
Items
Ability Order Skill order
Iceborn Subjugation (PASSIVE)
Lissandra Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Karma
Poke mage and enchanter. God I hate playing against her...
Lissandra
Lissandra is very compatible to herself uwu
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Lissandra
Lissandra is very compatible to herself uwu
Champion Build Guide
An introduction
Hello there, my name's Ivan. Or Vanya. I've been playing League of Legends since the end of Season 6 and my go-to role is support. I started as a Sona-Soraka main and got bored of it eventually. So I decided to go for off-meta way. If I can play it as a support, I will.
My first exposure to Lissandra support was a bet in uni. I was thinking about Lissandra and asked a friend what he thought about Lissandra support. He told me "it probably isn't possible, I bet you won't make it work".
He dared a beer - I won that beer as I got to diamond with Lissandra support. Ever since then I've been testing several champs as a support. From Karthus to Orianna and eventually Lissandra. With this guide I want more people to discover Lissandra and give her more love - if at the very least it will result in more fanart and fanart.
Also yes I know I should write which patch the guide is updated on but tbh unless they remove one of the items I have no urgent reason to add something to the guide ok thanks bai. This means that this guide will always be up to date unless I say so
My first exposure to Lissandra support was a bet in uni. I was thinking about Lissandra and asked a friend what he thought about Lissandra support. He told me "it probably isn't possible, I bet you won't make it work".
He dared a beer - I won that beer as I got to diamond with Lissandra support. Ever since then I've been testing several champs as a support. From Karthus to Orianna and eventually Lissandra. With this guide I want more people to discover Lissandra and give her more love - if at the very least it will result in more fanart and fanart.
Also yes I know I should write which patch the guide is updated on but tbh unless they remove one of the items I have no urgent reason to add something to the guide ok thanks bai. This means that this guide will always be up to date unless I say so
Why Lissandra?


You need an engage? Liss can do that. Peeling? She can do that aswell. Teamfight presence? The passive

Starting items
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Lissandra's Q![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe Spellthief's if into a very abusable melee matchup but even then do I recommend Relic Shield. |
Rune explaination
For Resolve:
For Domination:
For Inspiration:
Minor Runes:
First row: AH is always welcome.
Second row: Either armour or MR.
Third row: Depends on what you prefer. I go for more resistances but if you prefer HP go ahead my dude.
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If you had asked me a few months ago, I would've completly disregarded ![]() However, Demolish is still good if you have a push heavy comp/bot or someone like Jhin who can't really AA a target that often. |
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SW if against poke, BP if against all in/short burst. |
For Domination:
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Your ult simply is too precious to not have it up, every single bit of CDR you can get for it is needed. |
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Zombie Ward is good if you can expect your enemy to ward. If not, go for Ghost Poro. |
For Inspiration:
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Well well well... it is the rune I have been looking forward to the most. It is by far my new favourite on Lissandra support. If you go in, you root people with W ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Due to the lack of Aftershock, Lissandra will lack tankiness until she, at least, get Evenshroud and boots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Minor Runes:
First row: AH is always welcome.
Second row: Either armour or MR.
Third row: Depends on what you prefer. I go for more resistances but if you prefer HP go ahead my dude.
Skill order explaination
Probably the weirdest thing in my guide, the skill path.
As explained in my starting item section, Q
Ice Shard isn't really all that worth.
Lissandra's level 1 isn't all that good with a Q
Ice Shard start, and since you don't need to farm, W
Ring of Frost is recommended.
If you can rely on your ADC, E
Glacial Path second is good to engage.
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Lissandra's level 1 isn't all that good with a Q


If you can rely on your ADC, E

Item explainations
Explaination for the items:
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Evenshroud is a great item. It will provide you the tankiness you need in the early and will scale really well into the mid- to late game. Considering Liss tends to go in and will get engaged on/will use her CC on people, you can use ![]() ![]() I have added a chapter that revolves around when one should choose which mythic. It is below this chapter. |
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![]() ![]() You should build Everfrost, when you genuinely need a bit more CC. An example would be this teamcomp: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a teamcomp I've run into today. As you might notice, Lissandra is the only reliable CC on the team. While 3s of CC are good, getting another 1,5s instead of a bit more damage will help peeling/keeping an enemy in place. To be a bit more meta: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, LB has a bit of CC, but it by far is not enough. I have added a chapter that revolves around when one should choose which mythic. It is below this chapter. |
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Situational Zhonya's is a big recommendation on Lissandra - the extra second it can give you is very valuable. Great against ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Pretty common Force of Nature is the MR item to go. Marvelous MR stats and the 20% magic damage reduction. If the enemy has a ton of magic damage champions, pick this. However, if your team also has a lot of magic damage, go for ![]() ![]() |
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Pretty common Highly recommended against mostly AD comps. Slows, AH, AD reduction and crit reduction - what else would you want in that case? (A Lissandra dakimakura that I actually own kekw) |
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Very uncommon Knight's Vow is a good item if you need your carry to survive a bit more. The HP, HP regen and the AH are welcome additions. |
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Situational These items are very good on Lissandra. You will have to abandon a bit of early game agency as you need to buy a ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Situational Only if there is some CC your carry cannot avoid and you need them to survive. Only into CC heavy comps tho. |
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Very uncommon Quite situational, but works really well if you have a) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Situational I've said it once but I'll say it again - these items are extremly underapprechiated and are worth their gold. Dont rush them but keep them in mind. If you definetly need to ward a bit more often, build this item sooner. Alternativly, build this item if you have enough money for it (And are level 13), you cannot finish an item you were aiming for but you desperately need more stats. (An example I've run into: I have built ![]() ![]() ![]() Otherwise it should be the last item to finish. |
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Very uncommon Now, I know what you might be thinking. "Why Thornmail? Applying Anti-Heal with ![]() What if the enemy has a lot of healing champions that are AD based and you desperately need armour but anti-heal is a priority? (consider against ![]() ![]() ![]() In these cases, it is actually worth to go for ![]() |
Mythics - Which one do I choose?
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I have personally switched over to ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, I personally recommend ![]() ![]() ![]() And then there is ![]() |
General playstyle
The playstyle depends on who you are playing with but generally ends up being the same in the mid- to lategame.
If you have an ADC who can be aggressive and doesn't just want to farm 24/7, you can actually do stuff in lane. Liss has a good engage and dish out a bit of damage while doing that. Don't forget to add some AAs while you're at it. If lane ain't doing well go for some roams but don't forget your own lane - ideally get your jungler to help.
However, if your ADC just doesn't want to do anything, roaming and mainly surviving until level 6 is the way to go. Of course if your jungler does acknowledge that you exist go ahead and do things and be aggressive but otherwise try to get damage done, if possible and if it doesn't kill you.
Midgame's where you will want to be where action's going on on the map. If at least one enemy dies you are emitting way more pressure in a fight - thralls aid that.
Other than that you want to stick with whoever's the win condition. I have recently noticed that with Zeke's and Imperial Mandate you can help your teammate out a ton. Kinda like a Yuumi but you can actually peel.
If you have an ADC who can be aggressive and doesn't just want to farm 24/7, you can actually do stuff in lane. Liss has a good engage and dish out a bit of damage while doing that. Don't forget to add some AAs while you're at it. If lane ain't doing well go for some roams but don't forget your own lane - ideally get your jungler to help.
However, if your ADC just doesn't want to do anything, roaming and mainly surviving until level 6 is the way to go. Of course if your jungler does acknowledge that you exist go ahead and do things and be aggressive but otherwise try to get damage done, if possible and if it doesn't kill you.
Midgame's where you will want to be where action's going on on the map. If at least one enemy dies you are emitting way more pressure in a fight - thralls aid that.
Other than that you want to stick with whoever's the win condition. I have recently noticed that with Zeke's and Imperial Mandate you can help your teammate out a ton. Kinda like a Yuumi but you can actually peel.
Fun facts
This section is mostly about adding a few fun facts I have discovered:
- Lissandra
Frozen Tomb is not only a stun, but also a knockdown! Great to annoy dash users.
- People can see your claw...well, not always. If the claw is within 600 units of a champion within a wall, the enemy team can see the claw. However, beyond the 600 units your claw cannot be seen.
- Adding to the last point: You can use Liss
Glacial Path into a wall. As long as the claw indicator is positioned more towards the end of the wall you wanna get out of, you will pop out of that wall. I'll drop a picture to roughly illustrate what I mean.
If you put your E to the left of the line, you will land on the left side. To the right - right wall. Take the line with a grain of salt tho; it's a rough estimation
- To quote Katasandra: Quoted:I often get out of CC by casting E - getting hit by CC - recasting E. This could maybe be used to bodyblock CC for your teammates. Although, you can cast E after the CC runs out as well
Rakan W can be stopped with
Lissandra W. If
Rakan hasn't reached his destination yet, he can be stopped with any kind of CC. Neat thing I found out on accident.
Last Thoughts
Well, this is kinda short isn't it?
This is all I have on the pick that I love! I will try to keep this guide updated for the future as I have been branching out a bit in terms of builds. For example, right now I am trying Zeke's second instead of Zhonya's second. And maybe even ditching Zhonas's alltogether but that one's still up for debate.
Have a good one and obey our ice queen - and most importantly draw more art. She deserves more fanart.
This is all I have on the pick that I love! I will try to keep this guide updated for the future as I have been branching out a bit in terms of builds. For example, right now I am trying Zeke's second instead of Zhonya's second. And maybe even ditching Zhonas's alltogether but that one's still up for debate.
Have a good one and obey our ice queen - and most importantly draw more art. She deserves more fanart.
Currently Testing
This segment is about things I'm wondering about and testing. I will add my thoughts into the corresponding segments.
Seeing if
Evenshroud into
Fimbulwinter into
Gargoyle Stoneplate is any good.
Seeing if



Hall of Fame - My warding
Now, I do not want to brag too much, however...

I would say I know how to ward, maybe

I would say I know how to ward, maybe
Changelog
I swear I still remember this guide, I've just been busy
My opinion on the durability update:
Is gud
11.8.2022 - Added "rarity" to how often one buys which item, excluding mythics, Updated testing tab again.
(**** me, it has been quite a while, huh)
26.7.2021 - Added opinion about Anathema's. Added explaination when to prioritize the Wardstone items. Polished the guide a bit. Added a few synergies/threats. Changed the title to something I feel like fits more.
3.8.2021 - Added further details about Zeke's. Updated Testing tab.
11.8.2021 - Added opinion on Mobi Boots. Updated Testing tab.
14.8.2021 .bat gnitseT detadpU . Tidied up the Items tab a bit.
11.9.2021 Tab testing updated. Added more details on when to build the wardstone items. Added more details on when
Everfrost is a viable buy. Added
Rakan counter trick.
19.10.2021 - Added opinion on
Unflinching vs.
Overgrowth
20.10.2021 - Added a tab about Season 12, being about my thoughts on the new items and runes
21.10.2021 - Changed opinion about Lucian and potentially more to follow. I dont want to see him again...
18.11.2021 - Added
Glacial Augment runepages, added explaination for the runes in the inspiration tree
My opinion on the durability update:
Is gud
11.8.2022 - Added "rarity" to how often one buys which item, excluding mythics, Updated testing tab again.
(**** me, it has been quite a while, huh)
26.7.2021 - Added opinion about Anathema's. Added explaination when to prioritize the Wardstone items. Polished the guide a bit. Added a few synergies/threats. Changed the title to something I feel like fits more.
3.8.2021 - Added further details about Zeke's. Updated Testing tab.
11.8.2021 - Added opinion on Mobi Boots. Updated Testing tab.
14.8.2021 .bat gnitseT detadpU . Tidied up the Items tab a bit.
11.9.2021 Tab testing updated. Added more details on when to build the wardstone items. Added more details on when


19.10.2021 - Added opinion on


20.10.2021 - Added a tab about Season 12, being about my thoughts on the new items and runes
21.10.2021 - Changed opinion about Lucian and potentially more to follow. I dont want to see him again...
18.11.2021 - Added

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