Talk:Lissandra/@comment-25122281-20150909134605

I've been testing and comparing 2 builds lately:

1. The standard: Morellonomicon -> Zhonya etc.

2. Rod of Ages -> Archangel's Staff -> Boots of Lucidity -> Zhonya -> Rabadon -> Void Staff (replaced with Abyssal Scepter if I need some more MR, and not so much magic penetration), with 20% CDR runes at lvl 18 (glyphs and one quint)

Neither seems to have a clear advantage over the other, they both work pretty nicely.

Although I'm starting to prefer the second one a bit more. It does weaken her laning phase, but not by much. It lowers her early damage (especially since I replaced one AP quint with CDR/lvl just so that I have that 40% CDR in the end), and gives a bit more mana problems early (this is barely noticeable though).

On the upside, it gives her better mid and late game - better survivability with extra health and shield from Seraph's Embrace, no mana problems, about 100-150 more AP with full build. It even helps her early game with Catalyst's hp regen and extra health. I even feel I'm able to spam spells more freely, so even the lower damage is not a huge problem.