Talk:Elise/@comment-3524971-20140505120044/@comment-10428734-20140508194240

Most squishies have 30 MR plus scaling MR runes to compensate. So in most cases, Sorcs+Guise+runes allows to deal true damage to them mid game, and the MPen is (almost) never wasted.

Elise can't afford to buy heavy AP because she is really squishy with this kind of build, and AP items scale better with other AP items (e.g. any AP you buy scales better with Rab). The best stat to increase your damage without investing too much into offense is MPen, because it scales better with just base damage.

Think Bruta/TF/BotRK/Hydra. These items are great on bruisers because you can build just one (maybe 2) of them, then go tanky while still having respectable damage. Whereas say IE (the closest AD item to Rabadon) requires other DPS items to work.

If you are snowballing and want more damage, I'd suggest DFG. It's extremely effective even without a full AP build, it fits the whole kit very well, and Elise is all about single-targeted damage anyways. Abyssal is sometimes good, if you get it early enough and your team has a lot of magic damage, just be careful because all that MPen might become overkill. Zhonya is great. Void is good when you REALLY need to peel against supertanks. I still think that Rabadon/LB are only worth the purchase if you have a LOT of AP. DFG is 100% better imo.

Don't underestimate Liandry, the DoT is actually pretty good, as long as you have enough slow to double proc. However, upgrading it is definitely NOT a priority.