Lissandra Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.5%
- Pick rate
- 4.0%
- Ban rate
- 2.2%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Cheap Shot
Deep Ward
Ultimate Hunter
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Summoner spells
52.6%
230 games
Max order
Q
E
W
60.0%
10 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Lissandra
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Lissandra wins 49.5% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (711 games).
- Most common core: Malignance → Shadowflame → Zhonya's Hourglass — 65% win rate over 20 games.
- Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 56% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Fizz (75% over 20 games). Hardest: Azir (20% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 59.1% | 6% (44) | |
| 55.6% | 15% (108) | |
| 54.5% | 43% (308) | |
| 54.4% | 39% (274) | |
| 53.4% | 27% (189) | |
| 51.9% | 4% (27) | |
| 51.5% | 28% (196) | |
| 47.0% | 55% (389) | |
| 47.0% | 16% (117) | |
| 44.7% | 5% (38) | |
| 43.3% | 4% (30) | |
| 28.0% | 4% (25) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Domination +
Sorcery
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Cheap Shot
Grisly Mementos
Ultimate Hunter
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Sorcery +
Domination 
Sorcery +
Resolve
Keystones
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
50.4%56% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
45.9%40% pick
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
58.3%3% pick
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
83.3%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
48.1%67% pick
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Flash + Ignite
52.6%32% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
33.3%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
51.4%142 games
Q
E
W
60.0%10 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (51%), Q → W → Q (53%), Q → E → W (43%).
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PIceborn SubjugationWhen an enemy champion dies near Lissandra they become a Frozen Thrall. Frozen Thralls slow nearby enemies and then, after a delay, shatter from the intense cold, dealing magic damage to nearby targets.
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QIce Shard
Throws a spear of ice that shatters when it hits an enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing Move Speed. Shards pass through the target, dealing the same damage to other enemies hit.
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WRing of Frost
Freezes nearby enemies in ice, dealing magic damage and rooting them.
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EGlacial Path
Lissandra creates an ice claw that deals magic damage. Reactivating this ability transports Lissandra to the claw's current location.
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RFrozen TombIf cast on an enemy champion, the target is frozen solid, stunning it. If cast on Lissandra, she encases herself in dark ice, healing herself while becoming untargetable and invulnerable. Dark ice then emanates from the...