Pantheon vs Lissandra Counter Pick

With 101 games on patch 16.13.1 the evidence is thin, and it still reads clearly: Pantheon wins 41.6% against a mid mage moved into the top lane.

Lissandra answers the two things Pantheon does well, closing distance and finishing what he commits to:

• Glacial Path leaves an ice claw she can reactivate to transport herself to its location, an escape that resolves after Shield Vault has been spent.
• Frozen Tomb can be cast on herself, encasing her in dark ice and healing while it lasts, which erases the execution window Grand Starfall is built to create.
• Ring of Frost roots everything nearby, and Ice Shard slows on impact and passes through its target to hit whatever stands behind.
• Iceborn Subjugation turns any champion who dies near her into a Frozen Thrall that slows and then shatters, so even a won fight leaves a hazard behind.

Raw statistics still favour the fighter: 650 health to 620, 40 armour to 22, 64 attack damage to 55, and 345 move speed against 325, the slowest value on either side. His physical damage runs into the softest early armour available, while her magic damage meets his 28 base magic resist and her 2,490 health at level 18 nearly matches his 2,503. Levels one and two belong to Pantheon; once Glacial Path is up, Lissandra dictates the range.