Lissandra vs Katarina — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Lissandra against Katarina · 52.34% win rate over 5,753 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Lissandra is favoured — Lissandra owns 3 of the 7 game windows. Lissandra wins 52.34% of games vs Katarina in mid lane (5,753 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillAt 1 neither has a combo online, so it's an even skill-based lane.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 stays skill-driven — she needs daggers, you need Q hits.
Level 3Even / skillThrough 3 it remains even as you deny her reset trades.
Levels 4-5Even / skillAt 4-5 no ults yet keeps the poke-vs-dagger lane balanced.
Level 6LissandraFrozen Tomb interrupts her R on reaction, so 6 swings to you.
First itemLissandraYour R uptime and W root keep her all-in shut down through first item.
Two+ itemsLissandraYour point-and-click interrupt remains her worst counter into the late game.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Skill-based and even through levels 1-4: Katarina wants dagger-reset trades and you want Q pokes, so control the wave, deny her daggers, and never give her a free E-reset on a low trade.

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The full Lissandra vs Katarina 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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