Talk:Elise/@comment-5605969-20130327183741

Elise is NOT OP. She's a very hard champ to play with, thus more rewarding. Sure, her DPS is high, so is her tankiness. But she is not broken. You know why? Simple.

At early game, she has trouble poking. Not just AA poking (which is a bit slow), but skill poking, as your mana gets drained out faster than a water bottle in the desert. Sure it requires skill, but that's the point.

At mid game, she has constant damage, but if left without items, it can be proven deadly. She can still kill targets well.

Late game she's there to tank and focus single target enemies, as she lacks AoE power (W human form), so in teamfights, she's rather useless, except for an assassin tank role.

So as you can see, what she lacks in utility, she excels in skill. I don't see anyone complaining about Orianna. A good Ori player won't lose her lane, and in teamfights, she'll wreck everyone up. She has good AoE and damage, not to mention utility. So yeah, score for Elise:

Strong? Check

Hard to use? Check

OP? No.