Lissandra dead?

nope. she's doing real good. just the way it should be.

yea the nerfs last sseason hurt her pretty bad... the items arent really great for her nor the meta

i sometimes get away with her in top lane vs melee match ups...

played her twice once vs darius went 8-5-15 and that game ended up a loss then vs cass that was a iffy lane for me got behind early ended up 6-4-8 with a win

Lissandra is just getting indirect nerfs.

Then every patch less ap is possible. Mages without assassination potential aren't gonna be as good for a while. (Burst meta sadly)

Once we see the the tank update I think she'll be a much better pick, however it does raise the question. Have you tried her as support?

I don't find her too bad, I've only played a single game on her recently and she's not as strong as she used to be but she's still a Tier 1 / Tier 2 AP Mid Laner. I think there are just too many other strong mid laners atm and the nerfs from ages ago hit her pretty hard and it's been like that for a while. Riot was considering a buff on her passive but it won't be until 7.7 that a buff would be considered.