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the Ice Witch

Lissandra Mid build & stats

Mage C 5,284 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
49.8%
Pick rate
4.3%
Ban rate
3.1%
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

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
48.0% 150 games

Build in this order

Malignance 1
Malignance
2,700 gold
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
9,150 gold
71.4% WR 14 games

Boots

Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
1,000 gold
54.2% 24 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
75.0% WR
20 games · 0% 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
52.1% 359 games

Max order

Ice Shard Q Ring of Frost W Glacial Path E
49.6% 129 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 49.8% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (5,284 games).
  • Most common core: Malignance → Shadowflame → Zhonya's Hourglass — 63% win rate over 27 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 40% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Cho'Gath (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Gwen (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Malignance 1
Malignance
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
71.4% WR
14 games · 0% pick
Malignance 1
Malignance
Imperial Mandate 2
Imperial Mandate
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
0.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Zhonya's Hourglass 2
Zhonya's Hourglass
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
66.7% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
48.0% WR
150 games · 3% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
50.6% WR
875 games · 17% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
50.8% WR
370 games · 7% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
52.1% WR
140 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
62.8% 1% (43)
61.7% 1% (60)
56.2% 11% (607)
55.9% 4% (227)
53.6% 8% (412)
53.6% 11% (569)
52.9% 2% (85)
52.2% 7% (385)
51.2% 5% (248)
49.9% 15% (819)
47.8% 1% (67)
43.3% 1% (30)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
43.8% WR
304 games · 6% 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
Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
49.7% WR
157 games · 3% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cheap Shot Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
48.0% WR
25 games · 0% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cheap Shot Ultimate Hunter

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 49.9%12% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 50.7%8% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 69.2%0% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 41.2%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 50.3%14% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 52.1%7% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 41.7%0% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Ice Shard Q Ring of Frost W Glacial Path E 49.6%129 games
Ice Shard Q Glacial Path E Ring of Frost W 0.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (51%), Q → E → W (43%), Q → W → Q (27%).

  • 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...