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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Lissandra Counters, Build and Runes — Mid Lane Matchups · Patch 26.20

the Ice Witch

Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (3,503 games).

Lissandra, the Ice Witch, roots everyone near her with Ring of Frost and can turn Frozen Tomb on herself to become untargetable while she heals. Master+ took her Mid mostly and Top now and then, with Arcane Comet and Electrocute nearly level. Twisted Fate and Viktor were the mid laners she struggled most against. She won more often against Akali and Katarina. Zed, Yasuo and Ahri played her near-even.

Mage

Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 3,503 games · Preview sample

Role snapshot (Mid)

STier
Win Rate
52.1%
Pick Rate
5.4%
Ban Rate
1.7%

3,503

Games

High

Confidence

Win rate by lane

  • Mid52.3% · 2,721 games
  • Top51.9% · 594 games · small sample

Most common path

152 games

64.5%Win Rate

Start
FlashTeleport

Other first item

148 games

60.8%Win Rate

Start
FlashIgnite

Runes

Patch 26.18

This exact page: taken in 13.8% of games·48.7% win rate over 483 games.

Primary

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

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

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana. After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Secondary

Domination

Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Ultimate Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Shards

  • Attack Speed
  • Adaptive Force
  • Health

Other keystones taken

  • Electrocute42.1% taken · 52.0% win1,476 games
  • Summon Aery9.5% taken · 56.0% win334 games
  • Deathfire Touch1.8% taken · 51.6% win62 games

Tree pairs

  • Domination + Sorcery31.3% taken · 51.4% win1,098 games
  • Sorcery + Domination21.9% taken · 47.7% win767 games
  • Sorcery + Resolve17.7% taken · 55.9% win619 games

Skill Order

Which ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Lissandra's most common path.

Q

Ice Shard

Throws a spear of ice that shatters when it hits an enemy, dealing magic damage and slowing Move Speed.

Cooldown 7/6/5/4/3s · 55/60/65/70/75 Mana
W

Ring of Frost

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

Cooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s · 40 Mana
E

Glacial Path

Lissandra creates an ice claw that deals magic damage.

Cooldown 24/21/18/15/12s · 80/85/90/95/100 Mana
R

Frozen Tomb

If cast on an enemy champion, the target is frozen solid, stunning it.

Cooldown 120/100/80s · 100 Mana

Max Order

QWE

Max Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).

Level-up Order

  • Q
  • W
  • E
  • R
Ability123456789101112131415161718
QIce ShardQQQQQ
WRing of FrostWWWWW
EGlacial PathEEEEE
RFrozen TombRRR

Matchup map (Mid)

How Lissandra performs against enemy mid laners

Levels 1 – 18 · Master+40%60%Lissandra's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard

Conditional build matrix

Recommended items by enemy team composition

Master+ · Patch 26.18
Mythic / CoreFirst major item
Core 2Second item
Core 3Third item
BootsBoot slot
SituationalPick as needed

Scaling — minute 10–30

LissandraMid average

Gold

102030

Damage to champions

102030

CS

102030

Counter plan — how to beat Lissandra

  • Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Punish the cooldown — Lissandra is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 6/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

  • Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody

Ability details

  • P

    Iceborn 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.

    Passive — never cast

  • Q

    Ice 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.

    Cost 55/60/65/70/75 ManaCooldown 7/6/5/4/3sRange 725

  • W

    Ring of Frost

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

    Cost 40 ManaCooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8sRange 450

  • E

    Glacial Path

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

    Cost 80/85/90/95/100 ManaCooldown 24/21/18/15/12sRange 1050

  • R

    Frozen 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 target dealing magic damage to enemies and slowing Move Speed.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/100/80sRange 550

Lissandra balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Lissandra in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.6, published 2026-03-17.

  1. Patch 26.62026-03-17

    Base Stats

    • Armor Growth4.9to4.2

    QIce Shard

    • Cooldown8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4to7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3
    Why, in Riot's words

    The Queen of Ice has not ruled in a very, very long time... thankfully, a lot of her biggest problem children like Everfrost and Aftershock aren't in her toolkit anymore, so we're looking to give her some a chill buff. We want to do this by letting her get that 2nd Q off more reliably in those tighter combos. We think this is going to be a big power-up, so we want to make sure she's not icing out her AD melee matchups too hard without affecting her durability in others.

Lissandra skins (10)

Riot's data lists 10 looks for Lissandra with their own art, the base skin included and 43 chroma variants.

ARAM performance

EstimateS
Win Rate
52.5%
▲ 0.2%
Pick Rate
7.5%
▼ 1.2%
Ban Rate
0.7%
▼ 1.0%
Damage dealt
97.9%
Damage taken
98.4%
Healing
97.6%
Shielding
96.3%
Ability Haste
+12

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.1952.5% over 1,072 games+0.1
  2. 26.1852.4% over 1,885 games+0.6
  3. 26.1750.3% over 527 games · small sample—

Lissandra's base stats against all 173 champions

StatLissandraRankMedian
Base health620=85th620
Health per level110=25th104
Base armor22=151st30
Armor per level4.2=122nd4.6
Base magic resist30=110th32
Magic resist per level1.3=93rd1.55
Base attack damage55=120th59
Base attack speed0.656=83rd0.656
Attack speed per level1.5%=150th2.5%
Move speed325=154th335
Attack range550=9th175

Lissandra at level 1 and level 18

  • Lissandra reaches 2490 health at level 18 — 620 at level 1 plus 17 × 110, the 38th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 1.
  • Lissandra reaches 985 mana at level 18 — 475 at level 1 plus 17 × 30, the 41st-lowest of 145 mana users on patch 26.20, shared with 1.
  • Lissandra reaches 93.4 armor at level 18 — 22 at level 1 plus 17 × 4.2, the 14th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 1.
  • Lissandra reaches 52.1 magic resist at level 18 — 30 at level 1 plus 17 × 1.3, the 34th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 43.
StatLevel 1Per levelLevel 18Rank at 18
Health620+1102490=38th of 173
Mana475+30985=104th of 145
Armor22+4.293.4=159th of 173
Magic resist30+1.352.1=97th of 173

Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.

Riot's tips for Lissandra

Playing Lissandra

  • You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
  • Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
  • Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.

Playing against Lissandra

  • The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
  • Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
  • Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

Quick answers about Lissandra

How does Lissandra do against Twisted Fate?
Lissandra won 43.9% of 82 counted Master+ games against Twisted Fate. Twisted Fate is one of the opponents that beat Lissandra. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Lissandra do against Viktor?
Lissandra won 46.7% of 92 counted Master+ games against Viktor. Viktor is one of the opponents that beat Lissandra. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Lissandra do against Fizz?
Lissandra won 46.7% of 60 counted Master+ games against Fizz. Fizz is one of the opponents that beat Lissandra. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Lissandra do against Akali?
Lissandra won 65.1% of 109 counted Master+ games against Akali. It is a matchup Lissandra wins more often than not.
How does Lissandra do against Katarina?
Lissandra won 55.3% of 103 counted Master+ games against Katarina. It is a matchup Lissandra wins more often than not.
How does Lissandra do against Zed?
Lissandra won 51.7% of 143 counted Master+ games against Zed. It is close to even.
How does Lissandra do against Yasuo?
Lissandra won 52.2% of 134 counted Master+ games against Yasuo. It is close to even.
How does Lissandra do against Ahri?
Lissandra won 48.0% of 98 counted Master+ games against Ahri. It is close to even.
What class is Lissandra?
Riot classes Lissandra as Mage. This site files the champion under Mid.
How hard is Lissandra to play?
Riot rates Lissandra's difficulty 6 out of 10.
What resource does Lissandra use?
Lissandra's abilities spend Mana.
What is Lissandra's attack range?
550 units — the 9th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 36 others).
What are Lissandra's abilities?
Passive — Iceborn Subjugation, Q — Ice Shard, W — Ring of Frost, E — Glacial Path and R — Frozen Tomb.
How many skins does Lissandra have?
Riot's data lists 10 skins with their own art, the base look included, plus 43 chroma variants.
How much health does Lissandra have at level 18?
2490 — 620 at level 1 plus 17 × 110 per level, Riot's own values, before items and runes.
What is Lissandra's ultimate cooldown?
Frozen Tomb (R): 120/100/80 seconds by rank, before ability haste, in Riot's Data Dragon 16.20.1.
When did Riot last change Lissandra?
Patch 26.6, published 17 March 2026 — the latest of 1 patch that change Lissandra in Riot's notes from 25.S1.1 to 26.20.

Lissandra at a glance

Lissandra, the Ice Witch, is a Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 6/10 for difficulty, 2/10 for attack, 5/10 for defense and 8/10 for magic. Lissandra spends Mana and has 10 skins with their own art.

Attack2/10
Defense5/10
Magic8/10
Difficulty6/10

Lissandra's story

Lissandra's magic twists the pure power of ice into something dark and terrible. With the force of her black ice, she does more than freeze—she impales and crushes those who oppose her. To the terrified denizens of the north, she is known only as ''The Ice Witch.'' The truth is much more sinister: Lissandra is a corruptor of nature who plots to unleash an ice age on the world.
— Riot Games, Data Dragon 16.20.1. League of Legends Universe

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Methodology

Data window
Preview sample — a one-time snapshot of 65,406 ranked games (Master+, EUW/KR/NA, patch 26.18), counted by GamGem while our Riot production key is under review. Figures will update daily once it is approved. Counted 26–27 Sept 2026; patches 26.18 (35,477) · 26.19 (18,580) · 26.17 (11,048) · 26.16 (293) · 26.15 (8); by server EUW 22,382 · KR 21,922 · NA 21,065 · EUNE 20 · TR 17. 642 games without a result — remakes ended by vote in their first minutes, and games recorded with no winner — were not counted.
Rank aggregation
Master, Grandmaster and Challenger, pooled — the three ladders the count read its players from. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under every lane that holds at least a tenth of its counted games — the position the match itself reports, not the champion’s class. Its headline win rate is across all of them; each lane’s own win rate and games are counted too, and a lane’s tier list ranks by them.
Counters
The two champions in the same position on opposite teams, over that pairing’s own counted games — ranked on the edge pulled toward zero by its sample size, printed raw.
Minimum sample
None — no figure is hidden for being thin. Every rate prints its games, and the confidence band is its 95% margin: Very High within ±1.5 points, High ±2.5, Moderate ±3.1 (1,000 games), Low wider.
Why a build is not a cause
An item is counted when the match ENDS with it, so late items show long games and an item bought when already ahead shows games that were being won. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying the item caused the win.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates, builds, keystones, spells and matchups are counted by GamGem from Riot's ranked match records. An estimate, not a count: this panel is not in the preview sample, and is labelled so.

Lissandra on video

Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 30 April 2013.

13 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.

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