User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/How Viable do you guys think Elise is?/@comment-5194571-20121101030439

Honestly, I see nothing wrong with Elise. Those who talk about burst damage and other mages are imo, wrong. She is supposed to be played like what she is crafted after; a spider. Slowly whittle them down with Q in human form, then QWE, switch to spider, QW and that should be enough with a few autos. Her burst is decent, yeah. But that&apos;s because only half if it is in human form.

Teamfights are different. Open with Q and W, stun with E. Repeat until a viable target is on low health, then switch to spider, Rappel as they disengage and execute with QW. Switch back and repeat, if you can.

My main problem is not with Elise herself, but with Elise players. Building 2 Doran&apos;s Blades and Tabi, then complaining that she sucks because she does no dmg is just plain stupid. (I used this as an example because it happened today. When I finally convinced them you needed at least a bit of AP because of he scalings, they went glass cannon and still went to the front lines. Continuing to complain.) Those who build full AP like most mids are imo, wrong too. She doesn&apos;t work full AP because in spider form, she relies at least a little on melee attacks, and as such, need to be a bit tanky.

I found an AP bruiser top guide to Elise on Youtube. Of all Elise builds I&apos;ve seen to date, this is by far the best. As is the playstyle.

TLDR: She&apos;s viable, but needs to be played right, which is very rare as most people go all damage, which doesn&apos;t work.