Talk:Lissandra/@comment-24042737-20131111111335/@comment-9048637-20131116095104

Liss can theoretically carry, but only if she gets really fed and is going fairly assassin-y. In this case, she needs to get her team to win pretty fast before the enemy team gets built enough to withstand her burst and, because she hasn't built much by way of defences, make her blow up. More to the point, Lissandra built this way is not being maximized, and if you want to play that style of mage there are far better options - Ahri springs to mind. Bruisy, utility-oriented Lissandra is a much stronger choice in terms of what she can bring, in my opinion, but that's where the team dependancy comes in: utility characters can be game-changing, but they need other champions there putting out the raw damage they're not.

That's if you're using "carry" in the sense of "doing ALL the work". If you're just using "carry" in the sense of "being the deciding factor in the vast majority of teamfights", in which case, sure, Lissandra can carry. Such can apply to just about any champion in the game, though. Save maybe Teemo... though I suppose even then you can theoretically carry through split-pushing...