League of Legends - Elise Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

Elise

Basic Information

Champion Stats

Lore

Skills

Icon	Description
	Spider Queen INNATE(Human Form): When Elise’s abilities hit an enemy, she gains a dormant Spiderling. INNATE (Spider Form): Basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and restore health to Elise.
	Neurotoxin (Target Range: 625, Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 Mana, Cooldown: 6, Magic Damage:40/75/110/145/180 (+ 4% (+ 3% per 100 AP) of target’s current health), Max Monster Damage: 75/100/125/150/175)ACTIVE (Human Form): Deals magic damage equal to 40/75/110/145/180 plus 4% (+[3% Ability Power]%) of the target’s current health.Venomous Bite (Target Range: 950 Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Mana, Cooldown: 12, Magic Damage: 60/110/160/210/260 (+80% AP)ACTIVE (Spider Form): Maximum bonus against monsters: 75/100/125/150/175.
	Volatile Spiderling (Target Range: 950, Cost: 60/70/80/90/100 Mana, Cooldown: 12, Magic Damage: 55/95/135/175/215 (+80% AP)ACTIVE (Human Form): Releases a venom-gorged Spiderling that explodes when it nears a target.Skittering Frenzy (Cooldown: 12, Bonus Attack Speed: 60/80/100/120/140%)PASSIVE (Spider Form): Elise and her Spiderlings gain Attack Speed.ACTIVE (Spider Form): Summons a venom-gorged Spiderling that moves to target location and explodes, dealing 60/110/160/210/260 (+80% Ability Power) Magic Damage when it nears an enemy or after 3 seconds.
	Cocoon (Target Range: 1075, Collision Radius: 27.5, Speed: 1600, Cost: 50 Mana, Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10, Stun Duration: 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2)ACTIVE (Human Form): Stuns the first enemy unit hit and reveals them if they are not stealthed. Stuns the first enemy hit for 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9/2 seconds and reveals them if they are not stealthed.Rappel (Effect Radius: 750, Cooldown: 26/24/22/20/18, Spider Effects Increase: 40/50/70/85/100%)ACTIVE (Spider Form): Elise and her Spiderlings ascend into the air and then descend upon target enemy.
	Spider Form (Cooldown: 4)ACTIVE (Human Form): Elise transforms into a menacing spider, sacrificing 425 attack range in exchange for 25 movement speed and access to arachnid abilities. All dormant Spiderlings are awakened and will attack nearby foes.Spiderlings: Spiderlings deal 10/15/20/25 (+15% Ability Power) damage and take 25% reduced damage from multi-target abilities.

Strategy

• Elise is exceptional in locking down and eliminating single targets. When ganking a lane or during clashes, make sure to stun the enemy champion with (E) Cocoon to allow your teammates to follow up with their skills.
• Take note when you should transform into your (R) Spider Form. Her ultimate will make your attacks melee, but you’ll gain access to Elise’s more single-target damaging skills; if you’re in her human form, your skills are more for disabling the enemy and setting up your teammates for ganks and clashes.
• (Q) Neurotoxin is a good ranged harassing skill, since it scales with your enemy’s current health. Lead with this skill after you’ve hit your enemy with (E) Cocoon.
• In her (R) Spider Form, her (Q) Venomous Bite deals more damage if your enemy is low on health. Use this to finish them off.
• Cast (W) Volatile Spiderling on brushes to check and damage any enemy champions hiding in the bush.
• (E) Rappel is an excellent skill to stick close to enemy targets or to disengage from team fights and ganks. However, you need to have an enemy target in order to close into or move away from the fight.
• When you get close to an enemy, transform into your (R) Spider Form and use your (W) Skittering Frenzy to increase your attack speed and your spiderlings.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Jungle
Flash	Smite

Item Builds

Jungle

Starter Items

Starter Items
Hunter’s Talisman	Refillable Potion	Warding Totem

Core Items
Tracker’s Knife: Runic Echoes Enchantment	Liandry’s Torment	Rylai’s Crystal Scepter

Tracker’s Knife: Runic Echoes Enchantment – The Runic Echoes upgrade is essential for Elise, since she is an Ability Power mage. This item gives good bonus Ability Power and cooldown reduction. It also lets Elise’s skills deal splash damage on enemies.

Liandry’s Torment – Liandry’s Torment is an excellent item to get for Elise. This item gives Elise’s skills more damage and amplifies their potency when enemies are slowed.

Rylai’s Crystal Scepter – Rylai’s Crystal Scepter synergizes well with Liandry’s Torment. This item gives Elise’s skills an added slowing effect, which allows her to stick close to her enemies.

Full Item Build
Tracker’s Knife: Runic Echoes Enchantment	Liandry’s Torment	Boots of Mobility
Rylai’s Crystal Scepter	Banshee’s Veil	Zhonya’s Hourglass

Boots of Mobility – Boots of Mobility helps Elise gank lanes faster, as well as move through the enemy jungler’s neutral camps and pick off some of the important monsters such as Blue Sentinel and Red Brambleback.

Banshee’s Veil – Elise often sees herself in the midst of a team fight. Banshee’s Veil gives her a spell shield that protects her from one enemy skill. This item also has good Ability Power and cooldown reduction stats.

Zhonya’s Hourglass – Another standard defensive mage item, Zhonya’s Hourglass puts Elise in stasis should she find herself in the midst of a lot of focus fire.

Situational Items
Ninja Tabi	Sorcerer’s Shoes	Void Staff
Abyssal Mask	Hextech Protobelt-01

Ninja Tabi – Ninja Tabi is a good boots upgrade to get if your enemy team is predominantly a Physical Damage-dealing team.

Sorcerer’s Shoes – If you want your skills to have more potency, Sorcerer’s Shoes is a nice boots upgrade to get. It gives Elise bonus magic penetration to give her damaging skills an added punch.

Void Staff – Another good item to get if you want your skills to deal more damage, Void Staff grants good bonus Ability Power and magic penetration to Elise’s skills.

Abyssal Mask – Abyssal Mask gives good defensive stats – bonus health and magic resistance. It also grants Elise an aura that decreases the enemies’ magic resistance if they are close to her.

Hextech Protobelt-01 – Getting this item gives Elise good initiating capability and chase down power. Hextech Protobelt-01 also provides Elise with added tankiness via bonus health.

Playing Against

• Elise is squishy and moves very slow when she is in her Human Form. Take note of this when you encounter her.
• Avoid getting hit with her (E) Cocoon, as it will stun you and leave you open to her other damaging skills, both in her Human and (R) Spider Form.
• When she is in her (R) Spider Form, do your best to protect your team’s carries, as it is highly likely that she’ll (E) Rappel towards them and eliminate them as fast as she can.
• Is she does try to close in on your carries with (E) Rappel, make sure to punish her for it, as she won’t have any other escape skills other than her Flash.
• During team fights, if you can’t manage to eliminate the enemy carries, you can opt to pick Elise off, as she is susceptible to crowd control and focus fire.

Hard Counter

• Maokai – Maokai can keep Elise grounded with his Twisted Advance. In the jungle, Maokai can scout her jungle with Sapling Toss to determine where Elise might move.
• Lee Sin – Lee Sin can counter-jungle Elise. He can displace her with a well-timed Dragon’s Rage and follow up with Resonating Strike to quickly dispatch of Elise, especially in the early game.
• Kassadin – Kassadin excels in getting in close to enemies and bursting them down with magic damage. Elise is especially squishy before she gets her items, which makes her vulnerable to Kassadin’s burst damage and high mobility.
• Wukong – Wukong can bait Elise into using her (E) Cocoon on his clone. He can then punish her with Nimbus Strike and Crushing Blow combo for massive damage.

Strategy video

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