Lissandra vs Jayce Counter Pick

Jayce carries the heavier execution burden in this mid matchup, rated 7 against Lissandra’s 6, and the fragility to match. He starts with 590 health and 22 armor, the same armor number she has, on a champion who must enter Hammer Stance and close to 125 units for To the Skies! and Lightning Field to do anything. A 59.7% record over 191 games on patch 16.13.1 comes from punishing that transition.

• His damage is physical, so his Cannon Stance poke is answered by early armor rather than the magic resist that would blunt Ice Shard.
• Thundering Blow knocks her back, which only decides a fight if Glacial Path has already been spent; keeping the ice claw as a second exit covers it.
• Hextech Capacitor grants movement speed on every weapon swap, and at 335 base against her 325 he is the quicker champion until a landed Ring of Frost removes the option.

Once he commits Mercury Hammer and steps into melee, Frozen Tomb holds him there for a full rotation or a jungler. Lissandra also reaches 2,490 health at level 18 against his 2,443, so the late-game exchange is not lopsided in his favor either. His Mana bar is refilled by the passive on Lightning Field, but only in Hammer Stance, which is the form that has to stand next to her.