NEW SUPPORT to counter MALZAHAR and ZYRA

l PRIDE l·1/31/2017, 10:53:53 PM·2 votes·1,738 views

so I was playing with friends and they told me to support so I clicked random and got lissandra Lissandra I played it with an open mindset and built her eye of watchers item 2301 , ionian boots item 3158 Liandrys item 3151 , and Redemption item 3107 . I have tried this build 8 times and it is working wonders, ive been playing against a lot of malzahar Malzahar , zyra Zyra and nami Nami . this champion is able to harass the laners through the pets also has really strong lock down for carries with low mobility like varus Varus and ashe Ashe . we see all the mages come bot lane know from viktor to syndra. but I have never seen the ice mage ruin peoples days with her cc chains and massive burst. the best part of lissandra is that she can engage and peel so she can fit any comp. instead of putting her top and mid which puts you in a position that will be lackluster if you fall behind, might as well guarantee your laning phase with someone else to be with you. lissandra is great for making picks, so this will help with any ganks botlane, she can shove lanes, she can even harass with her q from far range and burst with her e w q r combo. this is why I demand everyone to try lissandra support (highly recommend with a utility like jhin Jhin varusVarus or asheAshe ) and the build is just the demo build I thought of, please experiment with other ones too, I found zhonyas item 3157 good too because its lissandra.

6 Comments

Leaf of the lake1/31/2017, 11:06:03 PM1 votes

Yeah, liss supp works. Quite well, even. Its biggest problem is you have to wait for your passive to poke, otherwise you'll run oom very quickly.

khorney2/1/2017, 12:15:19 AM1 votes

I've been doing malz supp since they reworked him and let me tell you that the most trouble some champ to play against is zyra. But just go a long range poke adc or anyone for that matter and have your supp be leo or blitz ..burn his passive with the adc and pull cc him . There is a certain way to play malz supp.one take death fire touch and green father's gift. 2. Do not ever poke with w that is your disengage when jungker ganks you and your engage if they jump on your adc or you .

Redesignated2/1/2017, 12:15:58 AM1 votes

Not new. Lissandra support was a thing that floated around a year or two back, didn't really stick.

There are positives and negatives — for positives, she's got slows for days and great flexibility for engage/disengage. Passive means she can control her mana expenditures very well. She can completely skip the Rylai's Crystal Scepter and go straight for Liandry's Torment, and instead devote the Rylai's gold to something else. She's fairly durable by nature. If you're feeling hella rude you can get Courage of the Colossus on her.

For negatives, she has a terrible time procing Spellthief's reliably against non-tank supports because of her short range, so her gold income will be in the gutter against them. (I don't know where you got the idea that her Q has a far range, when Karma Q is longer, Zyra everything is longer, Malzahar Q is longer, Sona Q, Morgana Q/W, Lulu Q, Nami Q, Zilean Q…) For another, her ult is countered by Cleanse, QSS, and Mikael's, much like Malzahar's, and smart players will itemize into a QSS against champions like Lissandra.

Taking her support is incredibly lackluster if you fall behind too, because if you're behind, that's usually going to mean your lane partner is, too.

Big Lincoln2/1/2017, 12:16:37 AM1 votes

just pick soraka into malz