Lissandra vs Qiyana Counter Pick

709 recorded games on patch 16.13.1 make this a well-populated mid matchup, and the 44.7% Lissandra holds is a real deficit rather than a small-sample artifact. Qiyana brings two movement abilities: Terrashape dashes to a location and enchants her weapon with an element, Audacity dashes straight onto a target. Lissandra brings one, Glacial Path, and it has to be cast before it can be used, which means picking a direction while the assassin is still choosing hers.

The damage types complicate the usual answer. Qiyana deals magic damage, so armor items are worthless and Lissandra’s 30 magic resist at level one is the only relevant defensive stat. Royal Privilege adds bonus damage to her first hit on each enemy, front-loading burst against a 620-health champion. Their health curves cross the wrong way as well: 2,490 for Lissandra at level 18 against 2,545 for Qiyana, so scaling does not fix the problem.

Qiyana is rated 8 for difficulty against a 6, and her power depends on standing near the right terrain for Supreme Display of Talent. Fighting in open ground, and saving Ring of Frost as an interrupt for the dash rather than spending it on poke, is what the record says is missing. Her 150 attack range against 550 also means nothing happens on Qiyana’s terms until one of those dashes is up, and both champions pay Mana for the attempt.