Lissandra Item Build
AP LOADOUT · LISSANDRARod of Ages and Zhonya's Hourglass turn Lissandra into an initiator who can commit to the center of a fight instead of waiting outside it. This item spine gives Glacial Path a destination: arrive, lock enemies down with Ring of Frost, then use Frozen Tomb to survive the answer.
Every archived Lissandra guide plays her as an ability power caster, and every one of them finishes Sorcerer's Shoes and Rabadon's Deathcap. Five of the eleven guides open Faerie Charm with a Health Potion, three open Boots of Speed with a Health Potion instead, and the rest start on a ward, a Crystalline Flask, or a pair of potions. Rod of Ages and Shushei's Mana Jug are the most common early completions at nine guides each, with Zhonya's Hourglass and Rylai's Crystal Scepter rounding out the core. Abyssal Scepter, Deathfire Grasp, Liandry's Torment, Void Staff, Morellonomicon, Guardian Angel, Frozen Heart, and Banshee's Veil all show up as flex picks. Magic penetration marks and flat ability power quintessences are near universal; the largest single block of guides pairs them with flat armor seals and scaling ability power glyphs behind a 21/0/9 mastery page, and Flash with Ignite is the summoner pair in ten of the eleven guides.
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Lissandra Masteries Classic
21 / 0 / 9
Lissandra Runes Classic
~16,500 IP
9×Seals
9×Glyphs
9×Quints
3×
The full Lissandra build guide
Build guide · every build, explainedThese are the Lissandra builds our editors keep coming back to. Each entry: the full loadout in game order, then the case for it.
No lane sourcedFlexLissandra Builds
Every archived Lissandra guide plays her as an ability power caster, and every one of them finishes Sorcerer's Shoes and Rabadon's Deathcap.On the board
AP Lissandra Build
APLissandra's second build here opens on a 
Hunter's Machete and buys 
Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, which is a very specific pair of purchases. The remainder tracks her other page closely: 
Rabadon's Deathcap, 
Rod of Ages and 
Zhonya's Hourglass, with 
Frozen Tomb as the payoff either way. The first page swaps in 
Shushei's Mana Jug and 
Rylai's Crystal Scepter and starts on a 
Faerie Charm, which answers mana rather than health. Both take 
Sorcerer's Shoes and both max 
Ice Shard. 
Iceborn keeps the wave moving without either build spending on attack speed to manage it.
AP Jungle Lissandra Build
AP JungleAll four guides open Hunter's Machete with a 
Health Potion and complete Spirit of the Spectral Wraith before returning to ability-power purchases. The later slots are unusually settled, with all four agreeing on several core and follow-up buys even as their finished boots split three to one. Their rune pages keep magic penetration marks and flat ability power quintessences, while seals, glyphs, and mastery pages carry the real disagreement.