Talk:Elise/@comment-7409578-20130516105731/@comment-6109369-20130529024721

Jayce's damage in melee form is lower than his ranged form, especially after the series of nerfs to hammer E. Nidalee's melee Q and Elise's melee Q both scale off missing health. They also have ways to disengage in melee form (Nidalee's jump, Elise's untargetability) while Jayce has nothing until Transform comes off cooldown so that he can use his speed boost. Tl;dr Jayce's melee form is tankier because it has less damage and no escape