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Rek'Sai vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the a tier of champions
Fighter
Mage

How to Beat Lissandra as Rek'Sai

based on 263 Rek'Sai vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each week. In our data, Rek'Sai fought Lissandra 263 times. Including so many games with Rek'Sai versus Lissandra provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative data and a recommended build to defeat Lissandra. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Rek'Sai has to counter Lissandra in only 1.3% of his games.

Rek'Sai vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai has done a terrible job of beating Lissandra. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.4% of matches the champs face each other in. In Rek'Sai vs Lissandra matches, Rek'Sai’s team is 0.2% more probable to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Lissandra.

Best Rek'Sai vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Youmuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Lissandra

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Advice to Win Against Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Rek'Sai vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Lissandra Image
7.1
< Kills >
5.8
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
7.9
< Assists >
8.9
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
32
< Minions Killed >
171
1.4
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,715
< Physical Damage >
1,201
56
< Magic Damage >
19,839
3,481
< True Damage >
933
17,252
< Damage Dealt >
21,973
37,216
< Damage Taken >
23,093
11,988
< Gold Earned >
11,422
1.33
< Towers >
1.9
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0
17,548
< Total Healing >
3,488
13,620
< Experience >
14,279
22
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
10
296
< Time Dealing CC >
510

How to Counter Lissandra with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stats shown here feature some significant Rek'Sai versus Lissandra counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lissandra’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lissandra..

Rek'Sai often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Lissandra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Lissandra

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Lissandra?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when facing off against Lissandra, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter for Lissandra.

While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Lissandra, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Lissandra.

Additionally, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Rek'Sai is a garbage counter to Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 263 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lissandra as Rek'Sai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Lissandra. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Lissandra build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Lissandra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Lissandra with this counter build.

To have the best chance of crushing Lissandra as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Lissandra battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lissandra as Rek'Sai are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.