User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Nerf Worthy Champs + Your Thoughts/@comment-5197447-20130703123457/@comment-4921386-20130703190929

Elise's base stats aren't really spectacular. Her Q is really want makes her frustrating to lane against due to its % health damage and its "no-miss" targetable nature. Junglers don't generally have "better" base stats than other champions (J4 has some of the worst out of all bruisers, actually), they simply have a set of tools that lend them to better handle the objectives of the jungle (ganking, clearing, buff control, etc.) than others.