CHAMPIONSLissandra
Lissandra
CHAMPION · MID

Lissandra

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
They don't really get countered by anything. Lissandra is very good because like someone literally DM'd me, I think like a couple of days ago, how do I counter Lissandra? How?
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (17:59)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
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Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdevilmidA−32026-05-19
7.1eroyalmidB−12026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtmidA·2026-05-08
7.1droyalmidA·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdevilmidS+·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR50.10%PR4.34%BR4.32%
Items (in order)
Soulstealer
Mejai's SoulstealerTakedowns increase AP
  • +70 Max Health
  • +25 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Glory: Gain up to 30 stacks of Glory after a champion takedown. Melee champions gain 3 stack(s) for each kill and 2 stack(s) for each assist; ranged champions gain 4 stack(s) for each kill and 2 stack(s) for each assist. You lose 10 stack(s) on death.

Fear: Gain 5 AP for every stack of Glory you have. At 10 stack(s) of Glory and above, gain 10% bonus Movement Speed.

1800 gold
Boots of Mana
Boots of ManaAbility Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration
  • +15 Ability Power
  • +100% Mana Regeneration
  • +45 Move Speed.

Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.

Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.

Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions.

900 gold
Malignance
MalignanceAn item made for Ultimate-centric playstyles
  • +80 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration
  • +400 Max Mana
  • +20 Ability Haste

Scorn: Your Ultimate abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.

Hatefog: Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3 second(s), dealing magic damage equal to 60 plus 5% AP per second and reducing their Magic Resist by 10. Burn radius increases with damage, reaching maximum radius at 800 damage.

3000 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's DeathcapBoosts Ability Power
  • +100 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.

3400 gold
Infinity Orb
Infinity OrbAbilities deal bonus damage
  • +80 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Destiny: +5% Move Speed.

Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.

Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health.

Thunderfall: When an enemy champion dies within 3 second(s) of you applying Inevitable Demise to them, a lightning bolt strikes at the spot where they died, dealing magic damage equal to 50-75 () plus 10% to nearby enemies.

2900 gold
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Crown of the Shattered QueenBlocks an enemy ability
  • +60 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration
  • +200 Max Mana
  • +20 Ability Haste

Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).

Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.

3000 gold
Runes
Electrocute
KeystoneElectrocute
ElectrocuteKeystone

PASSIVE: Basic attacks and abilities generate stacks on enemy champions hit, up to one per attack or cast. Applying 3 stacks to a target within a 3 second period causes them to be struck by lightning, dealing them 40 - 194 (based on level) (+35% bonus AD) (+20% AP) Adaptive damage. ADAPTIVE DAMAGE: Deals either physical or magic damage depending on your bonus statistics, defaulting based on the origin of the effect. Cooldown: 20-13 seconds

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Axiom Arcanist
Axiom ArcanistMinor · Sorcery

Your ultimate ability has 10% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is reduced to a 5% increase) Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your ultimate ability's remaining cooldown by 7%.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Absolute Focus
Absolute FocusMinor · Sorcery

While above 65% Health, gain a bonus 2 - 20 Attack Damage or 2 - 30 Ability Power (Adaptive).

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Scorch
ScorchMinor · Sorcery

Dealing ability damage to a champion deals an additional 21-49 magic damage after 1 second. Cooldown: 8s

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashIgniteIgnite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-lissandra-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Stasis Enchant → Protobelt Enchant — depending on playstyle and battlefield situation
  • Oceanid's Trident — for shield-heavy enemy teams
  • Morellonomicon — against healing-reliant champions

Counters / threats: Taliyah, Tristana, Swain, Akshan, Zoe

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Mid "They don't really get countered by anything. Lissandra is very good because like someone literally DM'd me, I think like a couple of days ago, how do I counter Lissandra? How?" (17:59) "And I didn't know how to reply to him. Because yes, how do you counter Lissandra? There's not many counters." (18:11)

hellsdevilauto· Mid
patch 7.1·mid

They don't really get countered by anything. Lissandra is very good because like someone literally DM'd me, I think like a couple of days ago, how do I counter Lissandra? How?(17:59)

And I didn't know how to reply to him. Because yes, how do you counter Lissandra? There's not many counters.(18:11)

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Patch notes

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