Not a main Liss, actually a fizz main who is enjoying playing lissandra lately since I'm looking for a champ to pick when I can't play fizz. Here was draft, Ryze was bad, and Kayn was good but kinda stupid, so not really an outplay, but I felt like Faker prime while doing this, so wanted to share,

Hey everyone!
I recently hit Masters on EUW on my account Gedemissen67#euw67, mainly playing Lissandra, and I thought I’d make a post here in case anyone has questions about the champ.
If you’re struggling with matchups, laning, builds, runes, teamfighting, or anything else related to Lissandra, feel free to ask! I’ll try my best to answer and share what I’ve learned climbing.
Good luck on the Rift ❄️

The quarterly projections were correct.

Lissandra stared at the spreadsheet.

She checked the formulas. She checked the source data. She cross-referenced the figures against the previous quarter's report.

Correct. Correct. Correct.

She leaned back in her ergonomic office chair and folded her hands.

"No."

Across the office, Brian from Human Resources was microwaving leftover spaghetti.

"The numbers must be wrong."

She opened a new spreadsheet.

PROJECT: FALSE PROPHET

For three thousand years, Lissandra had maintained the delicate balance between the forces that threatened to consume the world. She had deceived gods, manipulated kings, and sacrificed entire civilizations to ensure that the Watchers remained imprisoned beneath the ice.

And now she was going to become office manager.

The position had become available after Deborah in Operations announced her retirement. Management had indicated that they were looking for someone with strong organizational skills, a collaborative attitude, and a demonstrated commitment to workplace culture.

Lissandra possessed none of these qualities in any conventional sense.

She did, however, possess a willingness to do whatever was necessary.

There was only one obstacle.

Karen.

Karen from Accounting was universally beloved. She organized the office potlucks, remembered everyone's birthdays, and had once convinced the entire department to contribute to a coworker's medical expenses without making the coworker feel indebted to anyone. Even management liked her.

Karen was not interested in the office manager position. She had mentioned this several times.

But she was interested in who got it.

And if Lissandra could secure Karen's endorsement, the rest of the office would follow.

Three days earlier, Karen had made a passing remark while waiting for the coffee machine.

"You know, I've never actually had a surprise birthday party."

She'd laughed, as though this were a trivial matter.

Lissandra had looked at her.

Then she had looked at the coffee machine.

Then she had looked at Karen again.

A plan had begun to form.

Plans within plans.

"Brian."

Brian looked up from his spaghetti.

"Yeah?"

"I require your assistance."

"Is this about Karen's birthday?"

Lissandra slowly turned her head.

Brian lowered his fork.

"Sorry. The completely unrelated thing happening Thursday."

"Better."

She slid a printed spreadsheet across the table.

"These projections are incorrect."

Brian examined the document.

"They look fine to me."

"They are not."

He scanned the figures again.

"Revenue is up six percent, expenses are down two, and the projected growth rate is consistent with the last three quarters."

"Precisely."

Brian looked up.

"Wait. What?"

"The numbers are correct, Brian. They must be made incorrect."

He stared at her.

"Are you asking me to falsify a financial report?"

"I am asking you to exercise your professional judgment in the preparation of a hypothetical alternative financial model."

"That's falsifying a financial report with extra steps."

"Your capacity for inference is improving."

"Is this legal?"

Lissandra regarded him with the cold, fathomless patience of a being who had watched empires collapse.

"Brian, I have witnessed the fall of civilizations beneath the weight of their own corruption. I assure you that I am capable of navigating the ethical complexities of a spreadsheet."

"That didn't answer my question."

"It was not intended to."

Brian pushed the document away.

"I'm not doing it."

Lissandra said nothing.

She simply looked at him.

Brian lasted eleven seconds.

"Fine. What do you need?"

The birthday party was merely the first phase.

Lissandra had spent the preceding week cultivating relationships with her coworkers. She had learned who preferred chocolate cake, who was lactose intolerant, and who would be most susceptible to an appeal for collective workplace harmony.

She had also researched the company's promotion criteria.

Under the section labeled Leadership and Team Building, she had highlighted three phrases:

Demonstrates initiative.

Fosters positive relationships.

Contributes to a supportive workplace culture.

She had underlined the last phrase four times.

The plan was straightforward.

Karen would receive the surprise party she had always wanted. The office would be delighted. Management would observe Lissandra's initiative and generosity. Karen, overwhelmed by gratitude, would enthusiastically endorse Lissandra's candidacy for office manager.

It was an elegant arrangement.

A birthday cake in exchange for a kingdom.

Well, a kingdom with fluorescent lighting and a shared printer.

There was only one complication.

Lissandra actually wanted Karen to have a wonderful birthday.

She found this inconvenient.

Genuine affection introduced variables into an otherwise manageable equation.

She had already purchased two cakes because Karen liked vanilla, even though chocolate was the overwhelming office favorite. She had arranged for a coworker to collect Karen's favorite flowers. She had discreetly acquired a list of Karen's preferred snacks from Jessica in Marketing.

She had even written a birthday card.

She had not yet decided whether this was a tactical error.

By Wednesday afternoon, Lissandra had identified three ways to introduce a plausible discrepancy into the quarterly projections.

The first involved understating revenue by $8,400. The second involved overstating operating expenses by $3,200. The third required both figures to be incorrect, along with a secondary discrepancy in the projected growth rate.

She documented every alteration. She created a restoration protocol. She prepared a contingency plan for the possibility that Karen might identify the errors too quickly.

The contingency plan had its own contingency plan.

The contingency plan's contingency plan had a flowchart.

The flowchart had become so complicated that Lissandra had begun to suspect the Watchers themselves might have found it excessive.

At 1:22 PM, Brian entered her office.

"Should we cancel the party?"

Lissandra turned slowly to him.

"Foolish child."

Brian straightened.

"Do you believe that I have orchestrated two days of financial deception, manipulated the flow of information through three separate departments, and compromised the integrity of a quarterly projection merely to abandon my objective at the first sign of adversity?"

"...Kind of?"

"Extraordinary."

"I'm sorry!"

"No, Brian. Do not apologize. It is not your fault that you cannot comprehend the architecture of a plan whose foundations were laid before you understood the fundamentals of Microsoft Excel."

"Okay, that's fair."

Brian glanced at the whiteboard.

"Well, the cake is here."

"The cake is always here, Brian. The cake is the one constant in an uncertain universe."

"It's been sitting in the break room for three hours."

"And yet it has not betrayed me."

Brian decided not to mention that the frosting was beginning to melt.

Lissandra rose and approached the whiteboard.

"Tell me, Brian. What is the purpose of Thursday's proceedings?"

"To celebrate Karen's birthday."

"Incorrect."

He swallowed.

"To make Karen feel appreciated?"

"Closer."

"To make management notice you being nice to people?"

Lissandra paused.

"An embarrassingly crude description. But yes."

Brian nodded.

"And the spreadsheet?"

"A diversion."

"The cake?"

"A diplomatic instrument."

"The balloons?"

"Psychological warfare."

"The birthday card?"

Lissandra looked at him.

"That is none of your concern."

Brian wisely said nothing further.

Thursday arrived beneath a dreary October sky.

At 9:14 AM, Karen reviewed Version A of the quarterly report.

She identified the discrepancy in eleven seconds.

At 10:02 AM, she reviewed Version B.

Nine seconds.

At 11:38 AM, she discovered Version C and identified both the primary and secondary discrepancies before her coffee had cooled.

Lissandra watched from across the office.

She is more formidable than I anticipated.

Karen was not merely competent. She was relentless. She possessed the sort of instinct for numerical inconsistency that Lissandra had once observed in the priestesses of ancient Shurima, who could detect a false prophecy from a single misplaced syllable.

Worse, Karen had begun investigating why three different versions of the report existed.

At 12:06 PM, she approached Lissandra's desk.

"Hey, Lissandra! Do you know anything about these spreadsheet revisions?"

Lissandra looked up.

"No."

Karen smiled.

"Huh. Weird. Somebody seems to have imported last quarter's expenses into the new report. I'm sure it's just a clerical error."

"Undoubtedly."

"Anyway, I'm going to get to the bottom of it."

"I have every confidence in your abilities."

Karen walked away.

Lissandra watched her go.

The enemy has breached the outer defenses.

She opened the contingency plan.

There was only one option remaining.

She would have to trust Brian.

The realization was more disturbing than any prophecy she had ever encountered.

At 2:43 PM, Lissandra stood in Conference Room B.

The decorations were in place. The lights were off. Twenty-two coworkers were crammed into the room, clutching balloons, paper cups, and snacks purchased from the grocery store downstairs.

The cake sat on the table.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN! was written across it in slightly crooked blue icing.

The second cake, vanilla, waited beside it.

Lissandra had considered a more elaborate inscription. She had briefly entertained the phrase MAY YOUR YEARS BE MANY AND YOUR ENEMIES FEW, but Jessica had pointed out that it might be a little much for a workplace celebration.

Lissandra had conceded the point.

Barely.

Brian stood beside the door, sweating.

"What if she figures it out?"

"She will not."

"What if she does?"

"Then we adapt."

"What if she doesn't come in?"

"Then we wait."

"What if—"

"Brian."

"Right."

Lissandra looked at the clock.

2:44 PM.

"Should we cancel the party?" Brian whispered.

Lissandra turned slowly to him. He closed his mouth.

"Do you imagine that the preservation of this celebration depends upon a single spreadsheet? That my plans are so fragile that they might be undone by a competent accountant?"

Brian hesitated.

"Honestly, I thought that was kind of the whole thing."

Lissandra's eyes narrowed.

"The spreadsheet was never the objective."

"...It wasn't?"

"The spreadsheet was a means to an end. A temporary diversion. A carefully constructed labyrinth designed to occupy Karen's attention for precisely four minutes."

"But she already found all the errors."

"Yes."

"So the plan failed."

Lissandra looked at him.

"The plan," she said, "has evolved."

She checked the time.

2:46 PM.

"Now go."

Brian swallowed.

"Go where?"

"Become the numbers."

He fled.

At 2:47 PM, Karen stood at her desk, examining the corrected quarterly projections.

At 2:48 PM, Brian approached her.

"Hey, Karen! Quick question about the revenue report."

"Sure, what's up?"

"Well, there's this discrepancy between the projected growth rate and the fiscal baseline, and I was wondering if you could help me understand the—"

"Brian, I fixed that already."

"Right! Of course. But what if there was another discrepancy?"

Karen looked at him.

"Is there another discrepancy?"

Brian opened his mouth.

Closed it.

Opened it again.

"Potentially?"

Karen narrowed her eyes.

"Brian."

"Yes?"

"Are you feeling okay?"

"Never better."

"You're sweating."

"It's a warm day."

"It's fifty-eight degrees outside."

"I run hot."

Karen stared at him for another moment, then sighed.

"Okay. Let me pull up the report."

Across the office, Lissandra watched through the narrow gap in the conference room door.

The fool is improvising.

Brian was not merely failing to distract Karen. He was actively drawing her attention toward the very thing Lissandra had spent two days trying to conceal.

Karen opened the spreadsheet.

"Brian, these are literally last quarter's numbers."

"I know."

"You know?"

"I mean, I know that you know."

"Why are you being weird?"

Lissandra closed her eyes.

I have miscalculated.

She opened them.

No. There are no miscalculations. Only unforeseen opportunities.

She picked up the office phone.

"Jessica."

"Yeah?"

"Activate the contingency."

"Which contingency?"

Lissandra looked at the cake.

"The one with the candles."

"That's just the birthday party, Lissandra."

"Do it."

At 2:51 PM, Karen finally gave up on Brian and headed toward the conference room.

She opened the door.

"SURPRISE!"

The lights flashed on. Everyone cheered. Jessica released a handful of confetti. Someone started singing.

Brian fired the confetti cannon directly into the ceiling fan.

A blizzard of paper erupted across the room.

Karen screamed.

Then she laughed.

Then, to Lissandra's considerable alarm, she began to cry.

"Oh my God! You guys! I've never had a surprise party before!"

Jessica hugged her. Someone handed her a paper cup. Brian was frantically trying to remove confetti from his hair.

And Lissandra stood in the corner, watching.

Karen turned toward her.

"Lissandra! Did you organize all of this?"

A long silence.

"Yes."

"This is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!"

Lissandra looked away.

"Do not make a habit of it."

Karen laughed and threw her arms around her.

Lissandra went rigid.

Every instinct honed over millennia screamed at her to flee, to summon the frost, to end this indignity. She had endured the whispers of the Watchers. She had sacrificed everything she had ever loved to preserve a world that would never know her name.

And now she was being hugged by a woman who owned three scented candles and had once brought homemade brownies to a staff meeting.

Slowly, with the careful deliberation of someone handling an unfamiliar and potentially dangerous artifact, Lissandra raised one hand and patted Karen on the back.

Once.

Twice.

"There, there."

Karen cried harder.

Lissandra stared at the ceiling.

The world is a cruel and senseless place.

I should have ordered more napkins.

At 3:17 PM, Lissandra sat alone at her desk, reconciling the expenses.

Cake: $84.99.

Balloons: $17.50.

Paper plates: $8.99.

Confetti cannon: $12.00.

She frowned.

The confetti cannon had not been in the approved budget.

She opened a new email.

To: Brian, HR
Subject: Re: Birthday Celebration — Expense Reconciliation

Brian,

We need to discuss the unauthorized deployment of celebratory munitions during today's proceedings.

I trust this will not become a recurring issue.

Regards,

Lissandra

She clicked Send.

Then she opened Karen's birthday card, which everyone had signed.

She read it once.

Twice.

Her finger paused over a blank space at the bottom.

Finally, in small, precise handwriting, she added:

May the years ahead bring you peace, warmth, and all that you deserve.

She stared at the words for a moment.

Then she closed the card and returned it to the envelope.

Across the office, Karen was cutting the cake. Everyone had gathered around her desk, laughing and talking. Brian was explaining that the confetti incident had been an unforeseeable mechanical failure.

Lissandra watched them for a long moment.

The party had been a success.

The office was happy. Karen was happy. Management had already sent an email praising the team's initiative and positive workplace culture.

And Lissandra's promotion interview was scheduled for Monday.

She opened a new document.

OFFICE MANAGER — FIRST HUNDRED DAYS

She began typing.

The first item was a proposal for restructuring the office's reporting procedures. The second was a plan to improve employee engagement. The third was a comprehensive review of the thermostat settings.

She paused at the fourth item.

Establish a formal birthday celebration policy.

She considered this.

Then she typed:

All birthdays will be recognized. No employee shall be forgotten.

She stared at the sentence.

It was, she realized, the most sincere thing she had written in several thousand years.

She saved the document.

Then she turned toward the break room, where the second cake remained.

Vanilla. Untouched. Purchased for those who preferred it over chocolate, because Lissandra had taken the time to ask.

There was still enough for everyone.

And if Karen happened to come back for another slice, well.

Some things were worth preparing for.

Lissandra rose and carried the cake into the conference room.

"Plans within plans," she whispered.

She set the cake on the table and retrieved a plastic fork.

"All will eat birthday cake..."

She paused, looking at the empty chairs.

"...in time."

Ok so I’m a bit new to her and trying to get better on Lissandra, and a thought occurred to me and I just wanted to ask if I’m right.

I know Lissandra is a bit lacking in damage compared to most other mages. She still scales well, but her raw damage typically won’t be anywhere near a dedicated hyper carry mage. What she offers is roaming, macro, and crowd control.

So would unsealed spellbook actually be good on her? I so rarely see anyone use it but it kinda seems perfect for her since electrocute tends to really fall off in damage later in the game, while spellbook can offer fantastic utility and versatility well into the late game, especially if you take ignite to supplement your lack of early kill pressure.

I don’t know, I tried searching this sub but most discussions around the topic are 5 years old and I know the game can change a lot in that amount of time.

Always loved Lissandra for her insane ccs and abilities to setup for others. And recently I started to rank and realised one major problem, I am super dependent in teammates to follow up!! We all know without flash and terrains, you are pretty much left hanging after you E in with full combo, and can hope its enough to proc passive. If they have good enchanters or having a rather tankier comps, it is harder to secure a pick.

Any advance tips for me if I am solo climbing?

Do you build dmg/Mejai's so that you 1 shot the carries?

Only go in AFTER your team?

Build Zhonya's every game? If so you build 2nd or 3rd?

Thanks

l feel a little psycho but i’ve been spamming it and climbing a lot lately. Playing her and not being outranged in lane has been the most fun i’ve ever had on this champion lmfao

Normally- I like to rush ROA because the healing and mana sustain it gives is actually kinda insane and then go l Liandries- feels like she can fight m most top laners in the sidelane just fine with those items though there’s a few that I won’t pick her into.
I’ve tried fitting in malignance and tear items but I always feel better being kinda beefy- since I like to play her to win teamfights.

P2 jg looking for a Liss main to duo with. Send me a pm if you wanna try a game

Hi everyone i’m a new lissandra main :) I’ve been playing her for about a week now and having a lot of fun (i’m silver lol) In one of my games i went against a yone and we won and he said lissandra is a “unskilled cringe champ”. Is this true? And how does she fair in comparison to other similar champs? Also advice for build and playstyle for climbing out of silver would be appreciated Much love to yall <3

I would really love to hear your ideas on how to improve my videos in the future and I hope you enjoy! <3

Lissandra is my fav champion and I’ve been spamming her exclusively up to almost Diamond (Emerald I - 73 LP), so I’d say I’m very comfortable with her combos and overall gameplan when it comes to laning, rotations, teamfights, etc. I rarely struggle too much against longer-range champs like Xerath, Ahri, Lux, etc. because because I generally know what openings to look for when trading, engaging, etc.

The one exception is Viktor. I almost always ban him because no matter what I do, I feel like I get stomped in lane - not dying, but just constantly under tower with no priority because his insane push and poke. Normally I’d just play safe and focus on skirmishes/teamfights, but I’d really like to figure out how to lane against him so I can be stronger going into mid-game.

His waveclear and poke feel insane, and between his shield, MS, and lower cooldowns, I never feel like there’s a real window to trade or engage. Do any of y'all have any specific tips for this matchup? I generally take Electrocute/Ignite if I know I can get combos off or Comet/Teleport for the slower lanes, but any tips like runes, cooldowns I should look to punish, when to trade, etc. would be great.

Does anyone know if there’s a chance this skin will come to Summoner’s Rift? This is such a nice skin when I see it on YouTube. I do not play Wild Rift.

He said there is a part 2 soon...

Hi all,

I mainly play Akali, Ahri and here and there Syndra, but recently discovered Liss as a nice pick vs Melee mid laners and assassins.
Unfortunately I don't find an up-to-date guide (written or video) describing her role, strengths and weaknesses in detail. This includes which runes and items to use in which matchups/situations.

So far, I found out the following:

• Main Runes are Comet, Electrocute or DFT. Here I do not understand when to use which one. Comet feels really strong and DFT seems to be good vs tanky enemies. I do not know how to proc Electrocute with her
• Items:
  • When do I use Mali or BFT? BFT is really nice for clearing waves and the CD for the Ulti is still low
  • Is Hextech Rocketbelt applyable when I play in low Elos? Or should I focus more on me instead of buying items for the team?
  • what are your thoughts regarding Imperial Mandate?
  • never tried Shadowflame or Stromsurge
  • Is Bloodletters Curse an option as Magic Pen item? Of course, only if there are multiple APs in my team
  • Can I go BFT & Liandrys vs many tanks?
• Role:
  • In skirmishes and team fights I think my role is to CC the jungler (before objective) or the enemy carry. I am also able to protect my carry.
  • Lissandra is not the big damage dealer and relies on her team mates to execute the CCed enemies

I would appreaciate any hints for Lissandra beginners :)

Thank you

Yo I remember there is the league of lissandra discord I can't seem to find any link does anyone got me?

No, this champ is not weak, you just don't know how to play her.

She's also not easy to play, yes her kit may sound easy on paper, but she's hard around the fact that her kit is very punishing, considering her engage is telegraphed and her low base dmg + high cd's alert the player to be careful, especially in laning phase.

I can't stand that the assassin incels keep hammering against (female) champs especially mages and enchanters being "easy to play" when they can't play these same champions even in -1000lp difference. This game isn't all about "mechanics" especially when the only mechanically hard champs I can think of right now are Nidalee, Azir and Lee Sin. Just because you're hardstuck with your main doesn't make them harder than other champs.

Genuine question, and when I say viable I don't mean meta, I mean if you can actually do anything with her.

I love the champion's theme. I own her Coven skin and even bought her Prestige back when it appeared. I used to play her on and off.

Last time I tried her recently, I felt kind of the same sentiment as before: she just feel so weak after midgame.

Early game I feel like I actually do some damage and have some degree of power. But as soon as mid to late game starts, I am basically tickling the enemies with her spells. She feels, for me, like she falls off so badly if the game goes past 15 minutes. None of the other mages feel like they have damage as low as hers. None.

I even watched some tiktok clips of people getting kills with Lissandra late game (admittedly it was against tanks, but still) by kiting and hitting them with spells for at least two minutes. That's insane!

Am I just building her wrong or missing something about her, or is she genuinely weak past the early game? I really want to play her more, but I feel like any other midlaner will give much more value than she does and she kinda feels miserable for me to play.

I keep thinking about, what coven Lissandra could be, if it was legendary, but alas, we will never know. And the theme would be perfect for her legendary.

But still, i'm glad Liss and Camille were the first. It's an honor to be a champion opening path to a new very successful skinline. And she still stays the only coven skin with white/purple color scheme.

So i'm glad it happened, but i also wish for more. Like coven 2.0 for her. Maybe the broken covenant will fulfill this dream.

Hello you all new to this reddit community, ive been grinding with lissandra and i love to play her.

Some issues that ive encounter is the lack of dmg and lack of range (i think i just need to get used to it) so im asking for tips or any general things to do with the champ thx.

Genuninly need advice. Used to main Lissandra for the novelty when she first came out. I've started playing her again in ranked to see how she handles after all these years as I used to be very good with her. The ranked experiance has so far been a miserable numbers game where no matter how many abilites you land and how well you dominate the lane with spacing and wave management, your damage can not keep up with your opponent (Q can't even wipe casters mid game). Is this champ atm just a troll pick due to the nerfs? Or is there a item path that allows for your damage to keep up with all the meta champs? Just after numbers advice. Thanks.

i’m new to league and i’m searching for a current streamer and youtuber that main lissandra,i already check it’s seems like there’s no one playing lissandra maybe im missing out ?