Q&A - Lissandra (From the perspective of a Lissandra main)

Credits to Crum1y for the awesome questions.

Q) You answered already, yes you like ROA. I looked at your link to see your builds. Ok so that's good. A) Yes I personally feel that RoA >>> Morello on Liss.

Q) Darius ult, I dodged with my ult, then after it was over he just ulted again anyway. WTF? Is this normal or a bug? It didn't get reset by a kill, how did he use it again like that? A) As Hackulator stated above me, you can't cancel a darius ult. Its similar to how if you zed ult on a target who dies as the animation is occuring, the cooldown on zed ult is reset.

Q) I started playing Liss this week because of Juggernaut popularity. This smart idea or stupid? While I personally wouldn't buy juggernaut I can see justification for doing so. Lissandra kind of 'split engages', meaning shes not supposed to really be with her team; shes like a distraction and shes able to pull this off through stalling. Juggernaut is only if your team is following directly behind you.

Q) Like, she should be really good against Darius, right? I used to think so, but did bad against one last night and I honestly believe it was just me playing badly but other people involved seemed to think it was due to the matchup not being in Liss's favour. A) Most melee matchups are in lissandra's favor, and Darius is no exception. The only potential problem is Darius' exceptionally high early game damage on a squishy mage like Lissandra, so a seeker's/ double dorans rush is probably optimal here before getting RoA.

Q) How do I aquire CDR. I've been getting 7.5% from runes/masteries, and then not really sure where to go, if Lucidity boots or Morello or what is a nice thing to do. She seems to have kind of low-ish damage and more spammy, like VK/xerath A) Boots of Lucidity if thats the path you want to go. In my opinion Lissandra doesn't need CDR though because she has fairly reasonable CD's and all you need to really do in a teamfight is get your full rotation off and stall. Shes not like a spam happy poke mage, so CDR is a much less prioritized stat on her.

Q) Max Q first, but then E or W? I been maxxing E for better wave clear - BUT the matches haven't been going well either and I needed wave clear. A) I used to max E first for the cheap waveclear, but maxing W next is actually much better because you generally won't get to use your E's damage in a teamfight as opposed to getting off a 5 man W.

Q) Using Q for harass before having 3-4 ranks in it seems like a waste of mana. What do you think? A) When using Q to harass make sure to constantly be auto attacking since they will be slowed. Its a great way to get alot of health off the enemy while being relatively safe. Make sure to acknowledge your passive to conserve some mana. Never get too spam happy with Q, and unless the matchup favors it don't push with it. Something I do alot at level 1, against champs that farm jungle first, is use like three Q's to push a wave to turret ASAP. This is good to deny the enemy farm if they choose to jungle first, but this strategy only applies to toplane.

Q) Doran start or Flask start? I have done both and can't tell what's optimal. A) Dorans 100%. Liss loves health on her since her ranges are short and she needs to skirmish close. Going double dorans is usually a good idea for many matchups.

Q) Is zhonya a 2nd item? A) Zhonya should always be completed second, however don't delay on building atleast a negatron if you are verse a heavy AP matchup (this particularly applies to going against AP champs in the midlane)

Q) Ultimate on myself seems the best most of the time to get the heal, especially if it's 1v1, or me versus 2. It only seems good to ult someone else when your jungler comes? A) Yeah you should only be casting ult on someone else if it is to catch them out of position.

If anyone has any other questions feel free to ask :-)