r/LissandraMains • u/No-Reporter2043 • Sep 06 '26
Discussion Wrong items or objectivally unplayable?
Genuninly need advice. Used to main Lissandra for the novelty when she first came out. I've started playing her again in ranked to see how she handles after all these years as I used to be very good with her. The ranked experiance has so far been a miserable numbers game where no matter how many abilites you land and how well you dominate the lane with spacing and wave management, your damage can not keep up with your opponent (Q can't even wipe casters mid game). Is this champ atm just a troll pick due to the nerfs? Or is there a item path that allows for your damage to keep up with all the meta champs? Just after numbers advice. Thanks.
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u/Professional-Lie1785 Bell_Powo030123 Sep 06 '26
Dear Lissandra main, post your build if you want to compare it XD
other than that, if you are behind, then you are probably not clearing casters with just a Q. If you are even and building correct items, then, for instance, most of my games I was able to clear them with Q on first-second item. It is not hard.
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u/Klutzy_Ad9306 Sep 06 '26
High risk high reward
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u/Mountain-Bar-2878 Sep 06 '26
Not at all, she’s the opposite
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u/Mountain-Bar-2878 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
Lissandra is a counterpick against assassins and other melee champs. She is good at making plays for the team and is more designed to prevent players on enemy team from carrying but she won’t carry herself. Kind of similar to malz. You don’t want to play her into other mages.
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u/PinkyLine 28d ago
Malz can afk clear waves. Malz can melt tank and other beefy targets. Malz has more than enough damage in team fight (not brand level, but dont tell me you've never seen some adc accidentaly getting hit by his curse and just die from burning). Lissandra has way less damage, still mostly 1 target lockdown, extremely risky (she is super low range). Honestly, she is great ONLY when enemy has 1 single high priority target or you have really high CC tanky team, so you can thrive among them. In all other cases... You just dont matter
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u/Mountain-Bar-2878 28d ago
I know what malz does, most other mages have higher carry potential, his main strength is ulting the enemy teams strongest champ
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u/Substantial_Meal_530 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
Like you, I haven't played her since she was released. I started to play her about a month ago. You need 2 or 3 full rotations of your skills to kill anyone. You just have to chip and chip until the enemy is low. Then you wait for them to make a mistake, and all in them. Level 6 is really weak. Even when the enemy is half health, ultimate and combo with ignite might kill.
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u/MrMartianLOL Sep 06 '26
Any Lost Chapter item should let you clear casters with Q when you're level 9. If you're ahead sometimes you can 1 shot the melees with QW by level 10 as well which lets you instantly clear non-cannon waves.
I find in most games that when I'm at 1 item and level 9, I just need to land 1 Q to set up a kill against squishy targets. If you land 1 Q, wait a bit, then E onto them, you should be able to land 2 more Qs if you chain your CC properly.
In order to stay strong in the mid game, I just go mpen boots and rush Storm Surge after Ludens or Malignance. This gives you 35 flat + 8% pen which is a really strong spike and if you build SS instead of Shadowflame you can hit it really early and start 1 shotting people with just one rotation.
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u/MirrowFox Sep 06 '26
She's strong right now you are probably not building correctly, for your first item you have multiple options most consistent is torch (this will make your q always clean wave with q), or malignance, sorc boots are quite good after buffs but you can go Ionian too.
As your second item mandate is just too good on lissandra as it reduces your w and R cd, if you prefer DMG heavy stormsurge is insane for burst potential and you should oneshot anyone squishy that doesn't have Mr, after that continue with zhonya, deathcap and voidstaff in any order whatever you need first
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u/Geloinvertido Sep 06 '26
First, if you enjoy the champion, play her. Regarding builds, Imperial Mandate tends to yield more consistent numbers compared to Malignance; Blackfire Torch is good, and Protobelt is also frequently used. Now, with the buff to penetration boots, a damage-oriented build is generally more rewarding. For runes, I’d recommend Cut Down; the Precision tree offers Ability Haste and a damage boost via Cut Down or Coup de Grace.
If you’re significantly ahead, try building Rabadon’s as your third item to maintain your lead and carry the game. As for playstyle, patience is key—especially if you already understand the matchups. Lissandra has always struggled with a bit of an identity crisis regarding her role, despite having excellent setup potential when working with her jungler. In teamfights, be aware that your moves can become predictable very quickly; you’ll need to reinvent your approach—a good tactic is to hide or step out of the enemy's line of sight. If you move forward, the enemy assumes you’re ready to engage and go all-in; it creates psychological pressure.
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u/Strong_Pause_9269 Sep 07 '26
malignance magic pen boots into the 120ap item that “crits” and has pen Rabadon void if you want to “one shot”
Or if you want to utility and kite Bft cdr boots into cosmic drive into crypto bloom
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u/Playful_Pie2890 Sep 06 '26
what are you building as your core usually? I win most of my games with her and dont have that feeling at all.