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Recommended Items
Runes: Dark Harvest
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Hello, my name is Demonsedge, and I'm a big fan of League of Legends. I can't overstate how much I love this game.
When I first discovered the
jungle role,
Elise was my go-to champion, and I've been playing her ever since. I've gained much experience with her, and I'm happy to share my insights on how she plays and feels.
As you read through this guide, I'll go into more detail about
Elise's team setup and itemization options. I hope you find this guide helpful and that my suggestions and recommendations for playing
Elise will improve your game.
So, without further ado, let's dive into my guide on
Elise - The Spider Queen.
When I first discovered the


As you read through this guide, I'll go into more detail about


So, without further ado, let's dive into my guide on

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Why choose ![]() • A skill-expressive ![]() ![]() • She can provide much solid damage, making her feel impactful when jungling, ambushing the enemy and getting objectives such as ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() • She has great potential to make plays, carry her team and be a good team fight asset. I always enjoy playing League matches with her on the Rift, and I hope you will also. |
Abilities
With ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Cost: 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 Mana | Cooldown: 6 | Cast Time - 0.25 | Target Range: 575 |![]() For the best damage application against your target, use ![]() ![]() |
| Cooldown: 6 | Cast Time - 0.25 | Target Range: 475 |![]() ![]() ![]() Using ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The maximum damage against



| Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 Mana | Cooldown: 12 | Cast Time: 0.125 | Target Range: 950 | Collision Radius: 150 | Effective Radius: 275 |![]() If the spider does not hit an enemy before reaching the target location, it prioritizes champions and gains bonus movement speed based on its proximity to the target. Using ![]() |
| Cooldown: 6 | Cast Time: - |![]() Note the bonus attack speed gained from ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Cost: 50 Mana | Cooldown: 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 | Cast Time: 0.25 | Target Range: 1,100 | Width: 110 | Speed: 1,600 |![]() Use this ability as your primary engagement tool to dive lanes and go after targets who run away or whom you wish to lockdown for your team. |
| Cooldown: 22 / 21 / 20 / 19 / 18 | Cast Time: - | Effect Radius: 825 (targeting range when inputting E2) / 950 (targeting range when a right mouse click) |![]() Upon recast (If cast directly on an enemy), ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| Cooldown: 3 | Cast Time: - | A toggled ability that lets you swap between ![]() ![]() ![]() In ![]() ![]() In ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Combos:
In this section, I will share some of the effective combos for

Tips & Tricks:
Playing As

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• When in



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Playing Against

• Avoid being at low health when near


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Jungle Monsters & Pathing
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Each of the camps listed above is vital for


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Always look to secure epic


Thornbound


The




Standard Clear Routes:
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With this standard clear path for


Full Clear Routes:
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With the full clear path as




Securing the early scuttle vision is optional with this clear route since time spent taking the

If you can acquire at least one

Summoner Spells
Default
![]() ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() • Summoned champion pets (ex: ![]() ![]() ![]() • ![]() Multiple upgrades are available to choose from: • ![]() • ![]() • ![]() Always be sure to have ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Secondary Option
The most integral summoner spell for ![]() |
Vision Control
Stealth Ward
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Oracle Lens
Grab ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally, it's viable against champions who use stealth abilities as a means to engage/disengage, such as ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Control Wards
When removing enemy vision from the map, always consider buying ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since you're mostly roaming ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stats To Consider
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Which Boots & Why?
Boots of Swiftness > Slow Reduction
Great for
Elise when roaming between
jungle camps and lanes or when dealing with slow effects like
Ashe's
Frost Shot,
Volley/
Rylai's Crystal Scepter/
Serylda's Grudge or other movement slow based effects that would leave you vulnerable when trying to escape.
Great for







Swiftmarch >
Boots of Swiftness feats of strength upgrade
With
Swiftmarch, gain increased damage by a percentage of your total mobility.
While
Lich Bane,
Stormsurge and
Cosmic Drive are her best mobility options, you might not benefit from the added damage compared to others. Still, the increased base mobility can improve rotation speed to camps and jungle objectives.

With

While



Mercury's Treads > Magic Resistance & Tenacity
Mercury's Treads help to reduce the effects of crowd control from enemy champions while also offering a small amount of magic resist. Standard choice into teams that are magic damage heavy.

Chainlord Crushers >
Mercury's Treads feats of strength upgrade
With
Chainlaced Crushers, you'll gain increased shielding that blocks magic damage and great into heavy burst or dot
mage comps.

With


Armored Advance >
Plated Steelcaps feats of strength upgrade
Armored Advance functions similarly to
Chainlaced Crushers. In contrast, you'll gain increased shielding that blocks any incoming physical damage, making it an excellent way to deal with auto-attacking comps.



Sorcerer's Shoes > Magic Penetration
Sorcerer's Shoes are the default pair of
Boots taken as
Elise in the
jungle. The flat magic penetration gained from these
Boots is very effective when dealing with targets with little or no magic resistance in combat.





Spellslinger's Shoes >
Sorcerer's Shoes feats of strength upgrade
Spellslinger's Shoes are an excellent dual penetration option for
Elise, offering increased damage potential not only against squishy targets but also being effective with more durable targets.



To acquire the feats of strength buff, you'll need to complete any two of the following actions during your games:
• Killing three epic

• Acquire three kills
• Destroying the first

Upon claiming the buff, you can purchase the upgrade to the

While it may not be as enticing to build





Itemization
Each jungle pet mentioned below grants early health regeneration while farming our camps and provides the following upgrades when fully evolved:
If we choose
Gustwalker Hatchling, grants increased movement speed when exiting brushes or killing a
monster for the next 2 seconds. It makes travelling from camp to camp much faster, accelerating the ability to set up for a ganking play.


If we choose
Mosstomper Seedling, gain increased shielding after killing a
monster camp or waiting 10 seconds out of combat for this effect to refresh.


If we choose
Scorchclaw Pup, we build ember stacks and then release them as % max health damage to the enemy along with slowing them.

As your pet grows (gaining treats from killing



The best way to know which







A very efficient magic penetration option, providing
Elise with excellent burst damage in duels and skirmishes while also amplifying your damage against low-health targets.
Shadowflame aids you in duels against
tanks and bruisers or to blow up squishier targets faster.









An excellent item choice for
Elise when looking for added damage over time as your dueling champions or farming jungle
monsters. It synergizes nicely with
Venomous Bite and
Neurotoxin for more bleeding over time, which can lead to faster objective clear time or epic monster securing.




With
Cosmic Drive, you gain added mobility and ability power for use in combat with champions. Great when looking to chase down near-dead targets or when you want to create a quick getaway for yourself.

An excellent % magic penetration to consider on
Elise. Unlike
Void Staff,
Cryptbloom provides sustain to you and your teammates whenever you eliminate an enemy champion. It creates a more supportive playstyle option in combat while having enough burst to deal with more durable foes.















Very potent on
Elise, and if the stack counts are maintained, you'll increase your kill potential and make you a threat across the rift. Best when taken in matchups where getting stacks will be easy to acquire.


















a healthy option for
Elise when looking to slow the enemy after hitting them with an ability or spell. Great when looking to catch an opponent for a takedown or when you need to disengage from them in combat.

Runes
The following keystone & rune choices are great for
Elise and will complement her in combat. Always pay attention to the enemy team comp, plus your item builds when selecting your runes to get the most value in each game.
Domination Runes:
Inspiration Runes:
Precision Runes:
Sorcery Runes:

Keystone Runes:
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Dark Harvest provides a soul stack after damaging a target under 50% health. Since this keystone stacking is indefinite, the potential to one-shot opponents becomes immense as you reach the late game—an excellent option on
Elise when factoring in her high burst play style.


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Electrocute triggers after hitting enemies three times with a combination of autos or abilities as
Elise within 3 seconds. A very efficient option when routinely swapping stances with her in combat.


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Press the Attack triggers upon hitting enemies three times with a combination of autos or
Elise's
Venomous Bite ability (applies on-hit effects), increasing their damage taken for the next 6 seconds. This keystone, in synergy with
Nashor's Tooth and
Lich Bane, can lead to massive damage in prolonged fights with the enemy.






- As
Elise, we can trigger
Sudden Impacts effect after using
Flash,
Venomous Bite or
Rappel. Once active our next attack/combo will have additional true damage for a short time.





- As a jungler, extra trinket haste is always welcome when looking to deny (with oracle lens) or set up vision (with
Stealth Wards); therefore,
Grisly Mementos is a beneficial option for
Elise. With more access to trinkets, you can effectively eliminate all nearby enemy vision or set up your vision more efficiently to avoid potential counter ganks on your position.



- Great mobility rune option as
Elise.
Relentless Hunter is an excellent choice for getting to
jungle camps, traversing the lanes, and the river while being effective when looking to engage/chase down the enemy.




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Magical Footwear allows
Elise to delay building boots so you can focus on getting your core items sooner. Once added, gain extra movement speed in your current pair of
Boots purchased.



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Cash Back is reliable for ramping into your core build, thus offering better dueling potential. Very helpful in matchups where you want item advantages against your opponent to snowball your lead easier.

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Cosmic Insight provides more access to summoner spells (
Flash,
Smite) and item/ward trinket haste. This rune is great when paired with items like
Lich Bane or other active items. Also very helpful for increasing your vision score.





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Legend: Alacrity helps
Elise attack faster, making clearing the
jungle a breeze. In addition, the attack gained pairs nicely with
Skittering Frenzy, granting more healing from her
Spider Queen passive, allowing for more pressure in the
jungle.






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Legend: Haste is a very helpful rune for
Elise, giving us a lot more access to stance switching (between our human and spider forms) while also improving our ganking effectiveness. It also significantly helps to increase our overall team fight presence and damage in combat.


- The life steal from
Legend: Bloodline is low early on and builds up nicely into the late game. A very efficient rune option for
Elise to gain some healing in combat. Very efficient when used in the
jungle, allowing you to heal from the
jungle monsters before the next team fight or skirmish.




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Coup de Grace offers more damage to champions that are at low health, making it an excellent way for
Elise to clean up kills on targets. With
Venomous Bite being strong against targets with lots of missing health,
Coup de Grace will improve its effectiveness while also synergizing with
Elise's overall high burst play style.





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Cut Down is an effective way to deal increased damage to targets that stack high health (effective until they fall below half of their maximum health). It's an excellent rune option for
Elise to increase the burst damage of
Neurotoxin during combat.




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Nimbus Cloak is another strong rune option for
Elise. It grants a nice burst of % movement speed and unit ghosting upon activating your current summoner spells. Another rune option for
Elise that synergizes well with
Celerity & great when you need a quick getaway or a little boost to your engagement strategy.
Note the % movement speed gained is based on the cooldown of the summoner spell used.




Note the % movement speed gained is based on the cooldown of the summoner spell used.
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Transcendence provides
Elise more ability haste during fights, thus increasing your damage per second to enemies and objectives. Excellent for more uptime on signature abilities and lets you cast your ultimate much sooner.


- When you need more mobility, take
Celerity. Helps to increase base & bonus movement speed effects for
Elise, making her
jungle clears more efficient by getting to camps faster, thus being able to ambush the enemy sooner. It improves the effectiveness of
Relentless Hunter on
Elise for better out-of-combat roaming toward enemies or objectives.





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Waterwalking benefits
Elise while in the river, gaining bonus movement speed & additional damage based your adaptive type. Great for quickly moving across the river sections of the map & helpful during river skirmishes or objective securing.


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Gathering Storm is fantastic for
Elise when looking to apply more burst damage to opponents throughout the game. As this rune scales with game time, longer matches can make you a serious threat to the enemy.


Rune Shards
When deciding on what rune shards (whether offensive or defensive) to pick for ![]()
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Always pay attention to the team compositions you are fighting when mixing and matching the rune shards listed above with your

Summary
Building
Elise may initially seem overwhelming, but this guide aims to simplify the process by outlining the best abilities, items, and runes to use in combination with her kit.
I hope you found this guide informative and helpful. Please share it with other gamers seeking tips and tricks for playing
Elise.
If you have further questions or thoughts, please contact me in the discussion section. I'll be happy to chat with you and provide answers to the best of my ability.

I hope you found this guide informative and helpful. Please share it with other gamers seeking tips and tricks for playing

If you have further questions or thoughts, please contact me in the discussion section. I'll be happy to chat with you and provide answers to the best of my ability.
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