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.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
The stats provided here feature some influential Lissandra versus Nami counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Lissandra normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Nami. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Lissandra does have a lower win rate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Lissandra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lissandra into Nami.
Additionally, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Lissandra is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Nami.
To learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Nami build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Nami than with many other common builds. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Nami with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Nami as Lissandra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lissandra vs Nami matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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