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Locke vs Lissandra
Mid Lane MatchupLocke vs Lissandra MID matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.
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Who Wins
- Pre-6, you lose the poke war because Lissandra's Q outranges your Q and she can consistently chip you without giving you a stack-building opportunity.
- Level 3 is your first real window — if you land three Q stacks from range and she doesn't respect the slow, you can E onto her and activate W to force a trade, but she has her own E escape so it's not a guaranteed kill, just pressure.
How to Trade
- Post-6, you are at a significant disadvantage because Lissandra's R is a point-and-click CC that can interrupt your W mid-channel or lock you down before you cash in your stacks — she can also R herself to become untargetable, completely wasting your empowered E auto.
- You need to bait her R before committing your full combo, which means faking an E approach or using your R's slow to force a defensive reaction first.
Wave Control
- Your best trading pattern is to stack Q from max range while staying mobile to avoid her Q poke, then only commit your E-W all-in when she has already used her E or R defensively — without her escape tools available, your W sustain and passive on-hit scaling give you a strong window to finish the trade.
- Never activate W before confirming she has no CC available, because true damage ticking while she locks you down is a losing exchange.
Mistakes to Avoid
- Avoid using your E aggressively into her when she has full resources, because she can immediately R herself to become untargetable, then E behind you and chain CC you while your W is active and your E is on cooldown — you become a stationary target taking true damage with no way to reposition or escape.
Created on 09/06/2026
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