Lissandra vs Singed Counter Pick

The sample here is thin, 119 games on patch 16.13.1, so the 61.3% belongs in the category of a strong lean rather than a settled number. The mechanism behind it is easy to state. Singed wins by running: Noxious Slipstream hands him a burst of movement speed as he passes a champion, his 345 base already beats 325, and Poison Trail asks only that he stay ahead of whoever follows.

Lissandra does not follow. Ice Shard slows, Ring of Frost roots, Frozen Tomb stuns a target in place, and none of that converts his speed into distance. The tool he usually leans on against a pursuer, Fling into Mega Adhesive for a root, requires him to be within 125 units of a champion operating at 550.

Both deal magic damage, so both want magic resist, but his 32 defends against burst while his own output needs sustained contact. His 650 base health only reaches 2,282 by level 18, under her 2,490, and 34 armor climbing to 105.4 is spent against a mage who never uses it. Insanity Potion is the window where he can genuinely fight; holding the stun through its duration instead of spending it early separates a kill from a survivor. He pays Mana for the trail as well, so a long pursuit he never converts drains a bar she can keep empty simply by refusing to be caught.