Champion Guide

Elise Guide

By LoLSuggest

Jungle

Elise is an aggressive, gank-focused diver: use the six abilities of her two forms to burst targets, land Cocoon to set up ganks, dive turrets with Rappel, and snowball leads into objectives rather than full-clearing like a farming jungler.

Recommended Setup

Our recommended Elise build

Our recommended runes, summoner spells and items. Compare build win rates on the stats page.

Items

Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

Dark Harvest with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, plus Legend: Haste and Cut Down, is the main page; Electrocute and Press the Attack are the alternatives. Pick the jungle pet that suits your build — Scorchclaw for burn, Mosstomper for shields, Gustwalker for mobility. When ahead, buy Dark Seal, Fated Ashes or Hextech Alternator on the first back. The core is Lich Bane, Shadowflame and Stormsurge with Sorcerer's Shoes, then Zhonya's Hourglass, Void Staff and Rabadon's Deathcap; an AP-bruiser path uses Liandry's Torment, Dusk and Dawn, Bloodletter's Curse and Riftmaker.

Runes

Primary Tree

Secondary Tree

Summoner Spells

Strengths

High burst damage and strong gank potential.
A strong turret diver thanks to Rappel.
Great snowballing and objective control.

Weaknesses

Feast or famine: she struggles badly when behind.
Ganks rely heavily on landing Cocoon.
Squishy, hard to master and weak late game.

Laning Phase

Elise is a ganking jungler, not a farming one: take the standard three-camp route into Rift Scuttler around 2:55, which also sets up a level 3 dive on an overextended laner. Only full clear when no lane is gankable afterward. Swap to Oracle Lens after placing your first ward to clear vision on your gank paths, and since Faelights make river ganks harder, vary your entry angles.

Mid & Late Game

Look for picks with Cocoon and dive with Rappel, which also gets you into objective pits and out of turret dives. Open fights with Neurotoxin for its current-health damage and finish low targets with Venomous Bite, which scales with missing health and applies on-hit effects like Lich Bane. Take dragons, Herald and Baron when ahead, and avoid drawn-out fights, which aren't her strength.

Key Tips

Send Volatile Spiderling into unwarded bushes instead of face-checking them.
Spiderlings dash with Venomous Bite and refocus its target.
Skittering Frenzy resets your auto-attack timer, but its bonus attack speed ends if you switch to Human Form.
Rappel with no target drops you back where you were, which can dodge incoming abilities.

Matchups

Matchups and synergies

Our picks for difficult opponents, favorable lanes and strong allies. Compare matchup win rates on the stats page.