Talk:Lissandra/@comment-5663427-20131202202158/@comment-5955640-20131203074107

From watching people fail at using Lissandra many times over I think it goes down to a couple of things.

They don't build tanky. Seekers Armguard or Chalice of Harmony should be bought for the laning phase. People don't buy it and the enemy gets an early lead by rushing them when they are silly enough to get out of position.

Strong and fast enough CC from the jungler eliminates the E escape (at this point if you are getting ganked from the side bushes you aren't making use of the Warding Totem shame on you).

Her main opponent are high mobilty targets. If it's another range she actually has the advantage but against an assassin you have to be good at locking them down and bursting them to death when they gap close on you. Understanding the range on Ring of Frost is essential and it can't be misued.

Ulting yourself instead of the enemy. It was supposed to fee like a second zhonyas to juke the enemy and it can be but it's far more powerful to use it on the enemy than to cast it on yourself and casting it on yourself in teamfights ruins the threats of a shut down opponent.

I don't believe she ever had a strong following although they say she has admirers in Korea.