How to win lane as Lissandra against Zed · 53.02% win rate over 6,281 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as both of you just set up the wave with no kill pressure. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill check as Zed's poke trades against your W block and E interrupt. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even with Zed's first all-in window balanced by your defensive cooldowns. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain skill-dependent as the pre-6 poke war comes down to dodging and energy management. |
| Level 6 | Lissandra | At level 6 you pull ahead because your R directly counters his death-mark all-in. |
| First item | Lissandra | At first item Zhonya's plus your R lets you blank his entire commit and win the fights he starts. |
| Two+ items | Lissandra | With two-plus items you out-scale him as his single-target burst fades against your teamfight ult and peel. |
Levels 1-5 are a genuine skill matchup. Zed wants to poke with Q and shove you in with W to set up roams, so track his energy and use W to block the key Q while keeping E up to punish any dash-in; if you play the wave even and dodge his poke, neither of you gets ahead.
The full Lissandra vs Zed 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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