Talk:Elise/@comment-77.100.244.225-20121218170600/@comment-178.166.24.118-20121218203017

Elise is very hard to beat in lane (specially top) and shares the niche of having 6 normal abilities. In that sense she is similar to Nidalee. What you do as Elise is poke people down in human form and go for the kill on Spider form, pretty much the same as Nida in her Human/Cougar forms. Elise vs Nida:

Elise: More damage output vs full health/high health targets; Hard CC ability; Can spam in lane without running oom too fast; Best gap closer in the game; More assassin-esque feeling, i.e., harder to stop if snowballed

Nidalee: Longer range poke (although it's a skillshot); Good damage all-round instead of relying on the enemy HP bar; Much more sustain in lane; Easier itemization, Better splitpushing

They both fall equally hard in late game unless they're fed, but I guess Nidalee has the edge for being able to power up her AD carry with Primal Surge.

Honestly I think Elise is much more fun to play than Nidalee, who gets kinda boring with consecutive games. It's super fun to execute people in spider form. :D