How to win lane as Taliyah against Lissandra · 47.82% win rate over 665 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Taliyah | Your Q out-ranges Lissandra's Q and pokes her before her waveclear is online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Both have strong Q waveclear, so the lane settles into an even push-and-poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Even farming-her W-root threat matches your W-E knockup, so neither commits cleanly. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Trades stay even; she claws away from your E with Glacial Path while you shove her in. |
| Level 6 | Lissandra | Her R gives a point-blank all-in lockdown and self-peel plus roam your ult can't match. |
| First item | Taliyah | Your burst and waveclear tempo out-pace her; you shove and roam with Wall on her cooldowns. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Both scale into utility teamfighters-her chain CC vs your knockup and Wall, an even fight. |
Your Q out-ranges Lissandra's Q at level 1 and pokes her before her waveclear is online, but from level 2 onward it evens out-both of you have strong Q waveclear, and her W-root threat matches your W-E knockup, so the lane settles into an even push-and-poke where neither commits.
The full Taliyah 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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