Naafiri vs Lissandra — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Naafiri against Lissandra · 50.73% win rate over 1,506 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Naafiri is favoured — Naafiri owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Naafiri wins 50.73% of games vs Lissandra in mid lane (1,506 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NaafiriLevel 1 is yours because Lissandra's Q poke carries no kill threat against your kit.
Level 2NaafiriLevel 2 favours you as Packmate on-hit out-trades her short-range self-peel.
Level 3NaafiriLevel 3 belongs to you once W-Hound's Pursuit punishes her E cooldown.
Levels 4-5NaafiriLevels 4-5 stay yours since you can walk out of W-Ring of Frost and dive her.
Level 6NaafiriLevel 6 favours you because R-Call of the Pack keeps the pack hitting through her CC.
First itemNaafiriAt first item your W-E-Q burst kills her before frostbite matters.
Two+ itemsNaafiriInto 2+ items you win skirmishes as she's a CC platform, not a duelist.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Lissandra can only poke you levels 1-2 with Q-Ice Shard and has zero all-in threat, so you contest the wave and set up your W spike; her W-Ring of Frost is short enough that you can position to avoid the root.

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The full Naafiri vs Lissandra 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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