How to win lane as Lissandra against Mel · 56.74% win rate over 2,300 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as both trade skillshot pokes with no commit and it's decided by dodging. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based since neither has a kill threat and Mel's fragility is offset by your lack of gap-close. |
| Level 3 | Lissandra | Level 3 flips to you: E lets you close on an immobile Mel and force trades she can't win. |
| Levels 4-5 | Lissandra | Levels 4-5 stay yours as you keep bullying her short trades with no dash for her to escape. |
| Level 6 | Lissandra | Level 6 is firmly yours because R hard-locks Mel for a kill once you bait her Rebuttal reflect. |
| First item | Lissandra | First item remains yours by engaging on her Rebuttal cooldown when she's fully exposed. |
| Two+ items | Mel | With 2+ items it swings to Mel: her passive stacks and Overwhelm execute make her a dominant scaling artillery threat. |
Levels 1-2 are an even skillshot poke exchange since neither of you can commit hard yet and it comes down to dodging. Mel wants to auto-weave and harass, but her fragility means you're never in real danger this early.
The full Lissandra vs Mel 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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