How to win lane as Lissandra against Karma · 52.26% win rate (4,772 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her burst needs a clean window — your root and tomb make every window cost a health bar.
Track: Karma's W — Focused Resolve (12s cooldown). The root tether — break it with range or line of sight.
Read from Lissandra's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Karma.
This is Lissandra's own plan; across 4,772 pooled games the lane is leaning Lissandra.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Karma | Karma's RQ poke and shield out-trade you at level 1, so the edge is hers. |
| Level 2 | Karma | At 2 her empowered Mantra still gives her the stronger poke pattern. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By 3 her Mantra advantage evens out and it becomes a skill-based poke lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 neither has a decisive edge before your ultimate arrives. |
| Level 6 | Lissandra | Frozen Tomb is a hard lock her shields can't answer, so 6 is yours. |
| First item | Lissandra | With first-item CDR you all-in through her shield once Mantra is down. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late, your point-and-click CC out-teamfights her single-target utility. |
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. Track Focused Resolve: 12s at every rank, 675 range — break the tether and the second hit never roots. Early Karma out-pokes you with RQ (empowered Mantra bolt) and shields the trade back, so eat minimal Q damage and wait for her Mantra to be down before stepping up.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Lissandra's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Lissandra, slightly — a 52.26% win rate edge over 4,772 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Lissandra has a small statistical edge (52.26% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Lissandra has a slight edge (52.26% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Lissandra takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Transcendence) vs Karma.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — steadies the Q-spam mana. Build Malignance first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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