Elise/Trivia

General

 * Her spider form resembles The broodmother from the Dota series.
 * Elise currently holds the record for having the most movable pets on the Field, which is 5.
 * Elise is the first champion to have a monologue during the log-in screen. The second being, the third being , and the fourth being.
 * Elise's dance is based on the Can-Can, a dance featuring high kicks and provocative body movements. A side-by-side video of both her human and spider form can be seen here.
 * She shares this dance with.
 * She bears some resemblance to the goddess from  who can also change spider and humanoid form.
 * Her Human form bears some resemblance to Black Arachnia, from the Transformers franchise.
 * The name Elise or 'Élise' come from a feminine name of French origin. In grammar, it means either 'elect', and 'vote'. The word 'Elise' may be spelled as 'Elire', both of them have synonymous meanings.
 * When recalls in spider form, the way she hangs from her silk greatly resembles the way Skulltula's from the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time hang on their silk.
 * Elise is the fourth champion to have access to her ultimate and another ability at level 1, the others being, and.
 * ,, and are the only four champions who can have 19 skill points allocated by level 18, because they get a level in their ultimate at level 1 for free.
 * Elise is the fifth champion to have a transformation ability. The others being, , , and.
 * Elise is one of the three champions that can transform before level 6, the other being and.
 * Elise is one of seven champions to have more than 4 skills, the others being, , , , and.
 * Elise was the fourth champion to have more than 4 skills.
 * Elise is one of the five champions who is labeled as both melee and ranged, the other four being ,, and.
 * Her left hand is drawn with a spider-like quality and when she taps her fingers in her animation, it looks like a spider crawling.
 * Elise is the third champion to share her title with a, after and.

Development

 * Her name is short for "Elizabeth" or "Elisabeth", which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew name "Elisheva", meaning "God's promise", the "oath of God" or "I am God’s daughter". This is possibly a reference to her lore where she worships a mythical spider god.
 * The rework of the Twisted Treeline appears to have drawn much influence from Elise's design.
 * This includes spider webs and the new monster,, who is also a spider-like creature.

Lore

 * ,, , , and can trigger quotes dedicated only for champions that came from the Shadow Isles while capturing altars on the Twisted Treeline. These quotes can be heard here.

Quotes

 * shares a quote with : "Ah, the tangled webs we weave", original quote of the poet in his epic poem "Marmion".
 * quote, "I can feel their fear.", is similar to quote, "I can smell their fear" and  quote, "I feel your fear."

Skins

 * Her Classic Spider form and general motif is based off the, a popular species used in western culture to represent deadly female characters. This is mostly evident in her classic skin's general black and red color schemes and is most prominent in her spider form, where much like a black widow, her abdomen sports matching red markings.
 * Her Classic Spider form and general motif is based off the, a popular species used in western culture to represent deadly female characters. This is mostly evident in her classic skin's general black and red color schemes and is most prominent in her spider form, where much like a black widow, her abdomen sports matching red markings.


 * This skin is based off the species.
 * This might also be reference to the from Okami as both have flowers for abdomens.
 * She shares this theme with.
 * She shares this theme with.


 * This skin was rewarded to players who achieved Gold+ in Season 3 (Season 2013).
 * She shares this theme with, , , and.
 * She shares this theme with, , , and.


 * The skin most likely originated from the Shinto, a type of which took the form of a beautiful woman in order to seduce men before turning into a giant spider and consuming them.
 * Her spider form looks similar to the Peacock Spider.
 * In her recall, she strings and plays her own instrument, a custom variation of the Japanese Koto. Jorogumo would also use musical instruments, such as the Biwa or Koto, in order to seduce men.
 * She shares this skin with, , , , , , and.
 * She shares this skin with, , , , , , and.

Relations

 * owes her allegiance to of the Shadow Isles.
 * Despite this, she has no unique interactions with.
 * Other champions that serve the Shadow Isles are, , , ,  and.
 * Elise is allied with, hinting that Elise may have been a member of the Black Rose once.