User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Elise, the Spider Queen/@comment-8506165-20141218093938/@comment-8506165-20141218162134

Perhaps. Perhaps not. But the stated goal of this rework was to make her a full-on assassin/mage rather than the odd form of AP bruiser she is now, and I'm just not convinced it does that when it forces her to (at best) unload her burst over 5s at relatively short or even melee range.

If given the choice between playing this Elise as a full glass and live Elise as full glass, I'd rather pick live. I don't think that's quite what Willbachbakal was going for, although I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong.