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Playing Against Elise
JunglePatch 16.2.1
What They Do
Early-game AP assassin jungler. She specializes in high-tempo ganks, turret diving with her untargetability, and catching targets with her long-range stun. She excels at 1v1 skirmishes but falls off in teamfights if she cannot find a pick.
Abilities (What to Watch For)
| Ability | What You'll See | What It Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| Small spiders following her | In Spider Form, makes her autos deal magic damage and heal her. Killing her spiderlings reduces her DPS and sustain. | |
| Green bolt (Human) or a lunge (Spider) | Human deals more damage to high HP targets. Spider is a gap-closing execute that deals more damage the lower you are. | |
| Crawling spider bomb (Human) or red glow (Spider) | Human is a homing AoE nuke. Spider grants her and her spiderlings massive attack speed. | |
| White web projectile (Human) or she disappears into the air (Spider) | Human is a 1.6-2.4s stun. Spider makes her untargetable for 2s, allowing her to drop turret aggro or gap-close to enemies. | |
| Swapping between Human and Spider | has no cooldown and gives her access to two different kits. She is most dangerous when she can hit a human combo then swap to spider for the kill. |
Respect
- !Early Turret Dives→She can tank turret shots, then use Spider to reset aggro onto her minions or teammates. If you are under 50% HP under turret, you aren't safe.
- !Fog of War →Her Human has a long range. If it hits you from a brush, she will follow up with her full combo and likely ignite/kill you before the stun ends.
- !Level 3 Power Spike→Elise is one of the strongest 1v1 champions at level 3. Most junglers cannot fight her directly in the river unless they dodge her stun.
- !Spider Form Execute→Spider deals massive missing health damage. If you are low, do not try to out-smite or out-duel her; she will execute you instantly.
Punish
- +(Cocoon) is missed→This is her only CC and has a 12-10s cooldown early. If she misses, she has no way to stop you from walking away or turning the fight.
- +(Rappel) is used for mobility→Once she uses Spider to gap close, she has no escape for 22-18s. Collapse on her immediately as she is squishy and trapped.
- +Human Form only→If she stays in Human Form to poke with and , she has no mobility. Gap close on her to force her into Spider Form where she loses her range.
- +Late Game (25+ minutes)→Elise's scaling is poor compared to most junglers. Group up and build Magic Resist; she cannot reliably assassinate people through shields and peel.
Laning Tips
- •Always stand behind at least one minion. Human does not pass through units and is easily blocked.
- •If you see her Spiderlings disappear, it means she's in Human Form and likely looking to throw .
- •Track her starting buff. She almost always wants to level 3 gank; ward the side of the map she is pathing toward at 2:30.
- •If she dives you, save your CC for when she descends from Spider . She is forced to land near a target.
- •Use Smite on her Spiderlings if you're a jungler to significantly reduce the healing she gets from .
- •Keep your health above 70%. Her Spider execute damage is lethal once you drop below the half-way mark.
Teamfight Warning
- ⚠She will look to flank and catch a carry with . Keep brushes warded around objectives.
- ⚠Banshee's Veil or Edge of Night completely ruins her pick potential by blocking .
- ⚠Don't chase her into the jungle; she can use Spider to hop over walls to camps or plants to escape.
- ⚠In a clumped fight, her spiderling will eventually find a target. Don't let it chip away at your squishies.
- ⚠Focus her the moment she lands from Rappel. She is an assassin, not a bruiser, and will die to focus fire.
AI-generated counterplay guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached