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the Ice Witch

Lissandra Top build & stats

Mage S 542 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
55.5%
Pick rate
0.6%
Ban rate
3.2%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Built from single items

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
42.9% 28 games

Best three items so far

Void Staff
Void Staff
3,000 gold
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon
2,850 gold
Abyssal Mask
Abyssal Mask
2,650 gold
8,500 gold
100.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
55.9% 93 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
55.6% WR
18 games · 3% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
62.9% 62 games

Max order

Ice Shard Q Ring of Frost W Glacial Path E
41.7% 24 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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Lissandra

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Lissandra wins 55.5% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (542 games).
  • Most common core: Malignance → Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame — 46% win rate over 41 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 47% of games with a 57% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Gwen (88% over 8 games). Hardest: Nasus (27% over 22 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Imperial Mandate
Imperial Mandate
57.1% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Malignance
Malignance
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
14.3% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
71.4% WR
7 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
42.9% WR
28 games · 5% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
55.9% WR
93 games · 17% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
50.7% WR
73 games · 13% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
50.0% WR
12 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
76.9% 2% (13)
71.4% 1% (7)
59.1% 8% (44)
58.6% 16% (87)
57.1% 3% (14)
56.8% 15% (81)
52.1% 13% (71)
52.1% 13% (73)
46.9% 9% (49)
45.5% 4% (22)
0.0% 1% (5)
0.0% 1% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
47.6% WR
21 games · 4% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
55.6% WR
18 games · 3% pick
Electrocute Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
28.6% WR
7 games · 1% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Sixth Sense Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Scorch

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 53.3%17% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 53.2%15% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 20.0%1% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 25.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.5%22% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 62.9%11% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Ice Shard Q Ring of Frost W Glacial Path E 41.7%24 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (44%), W → Q → E (33%), Q → E → W (0%).

  • PIceborn Subjugation

    When 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.

  • 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.

  • WRing of Frost

    Freezes nearby enemies in ice, dealing magic damage and rooting them.

  • EGlacial Path

    Lissandra creates an ice claw that deals magic damage. Reactivating this ability transports Lissandra to the claw's current location.

  • RFrozen Tomb

    If 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...