ToC stands for Table of Contents, which is at the top of the guide. :P

Hey Xxplick, thanks for your comment. I understand the confusion so I'll try my best to answer your question. First, I'd like to quickly explain why I don't explain every change to the guide. The vast majority of readers don't have MOBAFire accounts and don't vote or comment, so I tailor my guides to be the most useful to someone who just opened it for the first time. If people (like yourself) are curious about certain shifts or changes over time, I'm happy to answer questions in the comments, but I don't want to bog down the guide with a history and explanation of changes I make to the build.

Okay onto Rylai's. The buff in 8.4 certainly helps, but I actually had this item in the cheatsheet before that. Liandry's Torment was also changed and the burn is quite a bit stronger now that it's based off % max HP instead of current HP. Comboing these two items means you can burn enemies for 2% of their max HP per second.

These changes aside, the main reason I shifted my build focus on Elise slightly away from burst towards this Rylai's+Liandry's combo is because I feel she simply falls off too quickly compared to other junglers in terms of pure damage and kill potential. Rylai's+Liandry's scales better because it offers a mix of utility (you can constantly slow people) and scaling damage (%hp damage is good throughout the game).

You can still have a really strong early game and get solo kills, but once teams start grouping, I feel this build is the most effective at contributing reliably in team fights. Without Liandry's, you're much more reliant on just your stun from Cocoon and pure damage output. With Liandry's, you become a more reliable source of damage and poke regardless of your total AP.

You could probably still build Sorcerer's Shoes, Hextech Rocketbelt and an Oblivion Orb and try to carry by bursting people, but in my experience it doesn't feel as reliable.

I'll still be playtesting the 8.4 changes (and future changes) and you'll probably see a few things change to my guides in the future, especially my Elise and Evelynn guides. For now, this is what I feel works best. Hope that helps.

Thank you, I'm glad you're having success with her. :)

Thank you urielito! In English it is "mastery level seven" just so you know. :)

Possible but I wouldn't recommend it. If you're just playing for fun, you could try her top or support. Her early game damage was nerfed a lot a long time ago because Riot didn't like her dominating solo lanes.

I wouldn't recommend either. Elise's play pattern is pretty burst-oriented, so you'll often be able to deal 60-70% of someone's HP with one combo and then use the spider form attack speed to finish them off. There are very few situations where building attack speed would even be beneficial (basically pushing towers or doing baron, that's about it). In champion combat, you'll get more value out of AP, magic pen or defensive items.

Not a big fan of the item to be honest. You can go for Stalker's Blade if you want a slow. The main attraction of Rylai's is it makes your poke with Volatile Spiderling and Liandry's Torment stronger, but aside from that I don't feel like it makes a huge difference. Mostly I'd rather use that slot for Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil.

If you want Rylai's Crystal Scepter, I'd skip Hextech Rocketbelt and just rush Liandry's Torment and Rylai's.

Thanks for the review Aneurologic! Remember that you can target Rappel on an enemy champion (or indeed any enemy target) and Elise will drop on the target even if they walk out of the maximum Rappel range. It's much more reliable than casting it on the ground and then on your target, but it requires that you have vision of them.

I can't say I've ever seen or experienced Zeke's Convergence on Elise, but it's an interesting idea. I'm a bit skeptical because to my knowledge this item is still rather weak but I'll definitely look into it.