Talk:Elise/@comment-5211662-20150117015051/@comment-5077844-20150118095756

well, originally she was meant to be an assasin...and her build path still suggests it...but when you give someone as mobile as her so much free damage and so lttle scalings (Q really doesn't benefit that much from Ap...it's damage is purely based on HP)....then you have to expect that people will go for a tanky penetration build.

I actually wish that RIot would rework her Q into mostly flat damage (with maybe bonus damage vs monsters), so AP Elise is actually a thing...Then they could also find ways to buff her lategame, because as soon as she builds glass-cannon early and can't rely on her high base damage she will be a bit easier to deal with (in terms of taking her down and not getting outdueled by her).

Either way, to get back to your question: Why is Shen a tank? Why is Ezreal usually an AD champion when he literally only uses magic? Why is Mordekaiser, a walking suit of armor, not a tank but a mage? Why is Alistar not a fighter but just a supporting tank, when he literally is a rampaging minotaur?

Accept that not every champion's design is thematically accurate