B TIERmarksmanMarksman / ADCMediumPatch 1.62
Lindis portrait

Lindis

Silent hunter strikes twice from the shadows

Win Rate
0%
Pick Rate
0%
Ban Rate
0%
Overview

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

  • +Passive bush repositioning provides superior kiting and chase potential with dual arrow procs
  • +Piercing Gaze passive stacks enable burst damage windows against single targets in extended trades
  • +Lunar Champion scales heavily with AD items, functioning as both poke and proc amplifier

Weaknesses

  • Lacks defensive tools or mobility spells, making her vulnerable to all-in engages and gap closers
  • Bush dependency limits effectiveness in open map areas and reduces sustained team fight presence
  • Skill 2 and 3 appear identical (likely tooltip error), suggesting limited active ability toolkit for skilled opponents
Kit

Abilities

Tread Softly ability iconP
PASSIVE

Tread Softly

After Lindis dashes into brush, she gains movement speed. Her next auto attack fires 2 arrows. (Cooldown: 4s)

Piercing Gaze ability icon1
SKILL 1

Piercing Gaze

Passive: If Lindis attacks the same target 3 times, her next attack deals increased physical damage. Active: Lindis reveals enemies around her. This ability can be stacked.

Lunar Champion ability icon2
SKILL 2

Lunar Champion

Lindis commands a lunar spirit to attack an enemy, dealing physical damage. It applies all on-hit effects as if from Lindis's auto attacks.

Lunar Champion ability iconR
ULTIMATE

Lunar Champion

Lindis commands a lunar spirit to attack an enemy, dealing physical damage. It applies all on-hit effects as if from Lindis's auto attacks.

Leveling

Skill Order

Priority: R > Q > W
Skill123456789101112131415
1Piercing Gaze
1·3·5·7·9···13··
2Lunar Champion
·2·4···8·10·12·14·
RLunar Champion
·····6····11···15
Build

Loadout

Flicker summoner spell icon
Summoner Spell
Flicker
Core Runes
Rage rune iconRage
Spirit rune iconSpirit
Dragon's Claw rune iconDragon's Claw
Recommended

Standard Build

Firestorm Bow item icon1
Firestorm Bow
Glided Greaves item icon2
Glided Greaves
Broken Spear item icon3
Broken Spear
Claves Sancti item icon4
Claves Sancti
Omni Arms item icon5
Omni Arms
Blade of Eternity item icon6
Blade of Eternity
Mechanics

Core Combos

01

Bush Proc Trade

AA
Auto
AA
Auto
Piercing Gaze ability icon1
Piercing Gaze

Trigger Tread Softly dual arrows, stack Piercing Gaze quickly, then activate Q for vision/burst. Use against isolated enemies

02

Kite & Stack

AA
Auto
AA
Auto
AA
Auto
Lunar Champion ability icon2
Lunar Champion

Stack Piercing Gaze to 3 hits on high-priority target, summon Lunar Champion for proc damage and continued pressure while repositioning

Strategy

Gameplan

Early Game

Levels 1–6
  • Farm safely from range while respecting enemy gap closers; avoid fighting away from bushes
  • Use Q's vision passive to detect jungle ganks and secure bush positioning in lane

Mid Game

Post Broken Spear
  • Control side-lane bushes to force enemies into unfavorable trades with dual-arrow procs
  • Stack Piercing Gaze on enemies before teamfights to maximize burst windows with Lunar Champion

Late Game

Teamfight phase
  • Position behind front line using bush mobility for kite angles; abuse Tread Softly resets during retreats
  • Focus single targets to trigger Piercing Gaze stacks—don't spread damage across the enemy team
Matchups

Matchups

Lindis gets countered by

  • Raz hero icon
    Raz
    Gap-closer eliminates bush repositioning advantage; burst damage overwhelms her lack of defense
  • Butterfly hero icon
    Butterfly
    Superior mobility and evasion counter her kite attempts; dive potential threatens isolated positioning
  • Superman hero icon
    Superman
    Hard CC and tank durability negate Piercing Gaze stacks; forces unfavorable team fights

Lindis synergizes with

  • Thane hero icon
    Thane
    Engages lock enemies in place for guaranteed Piercing Gaze stacking; protects Lindis during extended fights
  • Lauriel hero icon
    Lauriel
    Shared bush control strategy; healing supports Lindis's glass-cannon dueling in skirmishes
  • Omen hero icon
    Omen
    Stuns enable close-range Lunar Champion burst combos; vision synergizes with Piercing Gaze active
Tips

Pro Tips

  • Prestack Piercing Gaze (2 hits) on poke targets before committing to all-ins; your 3rd hit transforms skirmishes into favored duels
  • Map bush locations before engages—Tread Softly's movement boost is wasted if you can't reach cover for the dual-arrow proc
  • Q's vision stacking allows you to spam it for information without gold cost; use this for free warding in contested river brushes

Lindis is a positioning-intensive marksman punishing immobile enemies through bush control and stacking mechanics. Pick into extended-fight comps with weak dive tools; avoid into heavy CC or aggressive junglers who control vision.