Lissandra vs Cho’Gath Counter Pick

Two magic-damage champions in one mid matchup usually means the tankier one wins the itemization argument, and here that is Cho’Gath. Both sides want magic resist, but his 38 base armor and 644 health let him buy it without losing the ability to hold a wave, while Lissandra starts at 22 armor and 620 health and has to spend on ability power before she threatens anything. Across 131 games on patch 16.13.1 she holds 43.5%.

Feral Scream is the specific problem. A cone silence shuts down a kit with no autoattack pressure worth the name, 55 attack damage at level one, and it turns Glacial Path from an escape into a dead button for the duration. Rupture arrives with a pop-up that sets up everything after it, and Feast deals true damage that ignores whatever resistances she stacks before converting into permanent maximum health. Her counterweight is 550 attack range against his 125, plus the fact that Carnivore only restores health and mana on kills, so denying him clean minions starves the sustain. Casting Frozen Tomb on herself for the stasis is frequently worth more than the stun, since bursting 2,242 health at level 18 alone is not a realistic plan and his 345 movement speed against her 325 means walking away is not one either.