Lissandra vs Karma — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Lissandra against Karma · 52.1% win rate over 4,681 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Lissandra is favoured — Lissandra owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Karma's 2. Lissandra wins 52.1% of games vs Karma in mid lane (4,681 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KarmaKarma's RQ poke and shield out-trade you at level 1, so the edge is hers.
Level 2KarmaAt 2 her empowered Mantra still gives her the stronger poke pattern.
Level 3Even / skillBy 3 her Mantra advantage evens out and it becomes a skill-based poke lane.
Levels 4-5Even / skillThrough 4-5 neither has a decisive edge before your ultimate arrives.
Level 6LissandraFrozen Tomb is a hard lock her shields can't answer, so 6 is yours.
First itemLissandraWith first-item CDR you all-in through her shield once Mantra is down.
Two+ itemsLissandraLate, your point-and-click CC out-teamfights her single-target utility.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Karma owns levels 1-2: her RQ empowered bolt out-ranges and out-trades your Q, and her shield negates your poke, so give ground, farm safely, and don't contest until her Mantra is spent.

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The full Lissandra vs Karma report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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