I am by no means a pro player, i have two accounts, one at 1432 Elo the other at 1267

However on both i have taken quite a liking to elise, and seeing how none of these guides seem to build the same way as me i would like to show how i build

Strong Mid Late Game
Excellent burst if done right
Lots of utility
Impossible to be dived if you are atleast level 2

Weak Early game
Takes time to get used to
LONG spiderform E cooldown

I, like most others prefer to max Q first for more percent damage, really the only scenario for maxing W first is if you are AD elise (which some people actually do) And it makes you do some good burst with spider W auto attacks.

Get a point in ult whenever available

I prefer Flash Ignite for most matchups

However if it is a person i know is highly mobile i sometimes take exhaust

Be careful during laning phase, Poke with Human Q and W until they are about half health


When they are half health thats when the fun starts W and E in human form to do some damage and stun him. flop to spider Q to them and W and let you and your spiders do the work

if they try to run E to them and them human stun and then they are pretty much dead

Human Q and W then E to stop them from leaving Then Spider Q and W and E to them as they flee

Congrats

you now know the wombo combo

Her spider form E is my favorite move in the entire game other than twitches ult

The uniqueness of it is so amazing

Lets pretend its a fight in the jungle, you have low health and you about to die BOOOM

E and then once you have vision of area E again to a neutral creep and because it does no damage it wont aggro the creeps

Another scenario

You are fighting and the enemy gets away with incredibly low health

BOOM

e to them and ignite or Q

She is a common pick in high ELOs yet an uncommon pick in low Elos simply because of the uniqueness of her kit, it takes quite a few games to get complete control over elise. Eventually you memorise the ranges of all of her abilities and you know exactly how close you have to be to wombo combo their ***

Early game farming can be tough in human form as her attack damage is pretty weak and a bad animation, even though it makes you melee i feel it is much easier to farm in spider form, though this makes it much harder to harass so occasionally its better to stay in human form for harras.

Mid-Late game farming is an ease. One human W should clear an entire wave if they are packed together or the front or back row