Talk:Lissandra/@comment-27909770-20160303185825/@comment-7095057-20160314003959

Im going to point out that Lissandra's damage is actually on par with Lux, Katarina, and Azir given the same AP and same damage window. The problem with Liss is not her damage, it's the fact she loses a lot of her damage just trying to engage. Many Lissandra's have to sacrifice their Glacial Path just to engage, which happens to be their hardest hitting and highest scaling skill in their kit outside their ult.

I should also mention that Champion.gg also lists several champions who have extremely high burst among some of the lowest damage dealers. Orianna is listed as #45, Fizz is listed at #44, Akali is at 39, Ekko at 40, and Yasuo at 43. All of those champions are capable of nuking champs in 2-3 skills without much effort. However, Karthus is listed as #1 and Ziggs is also listed as pretty high. Poke Based champions and AoE damage dealers are going to be at the top of the list. Burst based champions (like Akali, Fizz, and Ori) are going to lower on that list.