Twisted Fate vs Lissandra Counter Pick

At 1,448 games on patch 16.13.1 this is a well-sampled mid pairing, and the verdict is narrow: 48.3% for Twisted Fate. The Even label fits, since a deficit of under two points is a nudge rather than a wall.

Lissandra’s edge is control. Ice Shard slows on contact and continues through the target, Ring of Frost roots everything adjacent, and Frozen Tomb either stuns an enemy outright or encases Lissandra herself in dark ice while it heals her. Against a champion whose damage arrives as slow projectiles from Wild Cards and a telegraphed Pick a Card attack, being rooted first usually settles the exchange. She also carries more health at both ends, 620 to 604 at level one and 2,490 to 2,440 at level 18, and Iceborn Subjugation turns nearby deaths into slowing thralls.

Twisted Fate answers with spacing and geography. His 525 attack range sits only 25 units inside hers, close enough to contest behind minions, and his 330 movement speed edges her 325. Glacial Path gives Lissandra a repositioning tool he cannot match locally, but Destiny operates on a different scale, revealing the map and enabling Gate. Stacked Deck’s attack speed also helps him hold a wave under tower when an exchange has gone badly. Difficulty ratings of 9 against 6 explain part of the gap, because the mistakes cost more on one side than the other.