Talk:Elise/@comment-26246106-20150326073532/@comment-15667791-20150507054421

Too many parts, too little tank. Void Staff can very easily be your damage item, as it helps many areas of your kit with the AP, plus makes great use of Q damage. However, it doesn't synergize particularly well with her spider form AA damage... That only reaches around 60-70 per AA, and that includes feasible amounts of AP plus Magic Pen. Nashor's Tooth could possibly break 100. However, the issue is that her damage has a heavy split in it because Spiderlings always deal physical damage (and most of her autoattack damage, as well).

AS builds rarely go well with either type of penetration, and an MPen build favors Q/W damage over AAs. If you insist on an AS build, I'd actually suggest Armor Pen. Her AA physical damage isn't particularly high, but if you add in Spiderling physical damage and the natural AS boost, her base physical damage isn't that bad. Maybe add a Mallet for HP tankiness (needed bigtime) plus AD and sticking power, and you have a chance. However, to say this is niche isn't scratching the surface.