Well, I bought and have been playing as Elise. I have to admit I'm in love with her. My VERY first game with her was during her first Free Week, played one game and hated her. Final scores was 2-12, and I never wanted to use her again. I always kept my eye on the Spider Queen because I was always intrigued by her character. After watching a few random ranked matches with skilled Elise players, I finally asked on for tips and advice.

I learned that all she really needs for damage is Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment, and that she IS a viable jungler even though she's never used as such. I figured out that my problem with my first game as Elise was I didn't like swapping forms constantly, and stuck to Spider Form for most of the game.

To counter this problem and to prep for Elise, I play countless games with Nidalee in mid. Learning that swapping forms constantly is the key to her success as an AP Mid or Solo Top. I eventually had it down. After taking some advice to start using Smartcast, I began playing as Ryze to learn how it works.

Needless to say, first 3 games with Elise were all victories and two of them were 13-2-19 and 14-2-6. I'm extremely happy that I now know how to use the Spider Queen.

Also, starting to play more ranked now, mainly using Kha'Zix and Shaco, but I may start using Elise now as well. :) Will update you guys after a few more ranked games.