How to beat Elise

Common role: Jungle

A shapeshifting assassin who stuns in human form and rappels in as a spider.

What makes Elise dangerous

Elise stuns you with a cocoon (human E) then transforms into a spider to leap in (spider E) and burst with % health damage, spawning spiderlings. She's a strong early ganker who snowballs off picks, using her stun-into-spider-leap combo to delete a target quickly.

How to play against Elise

• 1Dodge her human E cocoon — it's a stun skillshot and the setup for her whole combo. Stand behind minions and sidestep it.
• 2Without landing her stun she can't combo — deny the cocoon and her gank/pick fails.
• 3She's squishy — after she rappels in (spider E), hard CC or burst punishes her before she can rappel out.
• 4Track her early ganks — Elise wants to snowball. Ward and she loses her pick pressure into the mid-game.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Cocoon stun is a dodgeable skillshot.
• ✓Squishy — punish her after she rappels in.
• ✓Snowball-reliant; falls off if denied early.
• ✓No combo without landing her stun.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Elise's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  蜘蛛の女帝

  ヒト形態: スキルが敵に命中するたびに、幼体が1体誕生する。蜘蛛形態: 通常攻撃に追加魔法ダメージが付与され、攻撃のたびに体力が回復する。

• Q
  神経毒/毒牙

  ヒト形態: 対象の敵ユニットにダメージを与える。対象の現在体力が多いほど与えるダメージが増加する。蜘蛛形態: 対象の敵ユニットに飛びかかって噛み付く。対象の現在体力が少ないほど与えるダメージが増加する。

• W
  子蜘蛛爆弾/猛食

  ヒト形態: 毒液が詰まった幼体を放つ。幼体は敵ユニットに近づくと爆発する。蜘蛛形態: エリスと幼体の攻撃速度が増加する。

• E
  繭化/蜘蛛の糸

  ヒト形態: 繭を放って最初に命中した敵にスタン効果を付与し、ステルス状態の敵を除いて可視状態にする。蜘蛛形態: 幼体とともに空中に跳びあがり、指定した敵のもとへ降下し、「蜘蛛の女帝」から得られる追加ダメージと回復量が増加する。

  Strong: (human) a cocoon stun that sets up her whole combo. Weak: a dodgeable skillshot — no stun, no combo, so sidestep it.

• R
  蜘蛛形態

  恐ろしい蜘蛛の姿になる。射程距離は短くなるが、移動速度が増加して新しいスキルを使用できるようになり、エリスと共に敵を攻撃する幼体の群れを呼び出す。

  Strong: transforms to spider to rappel in for % health burst. Weak: she's squishy — hard CC or burst punishes her after she rappels down.

Itemization

Elise is a % health-damage assassin. Dodge her cocoon stun (no stun, no combo), punish her squishy spider form with CC/burst, and ward her early ganks. Armor blunts her spider-form attacks.

This guide covers Elise's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.