User blog comment:XEvarinya/From carry to support./@comment-10256611-20140301164152/@comment-1330314-20140301172518

Lissandra's abilities are all extremely short-ranged, forcing her to expose herself to cast spells that don't apply as much crowd control as, say, or, and are all AoE, which means she will often end up hitting minions and pushing the minion wave as she tries to poke. Her Q is only safe when used on a minion, too, and even then it loses its slow component.