User blog comment:Darkhero562/The many roles of a spider/@comment-6301771-20130305013022

Elise is not a support or AD carry. She has a single crowd control effect from her Human E, and her kit is focussed around initiating and finishing opponents. Likewise, she doesn't make an even remotely competent AD carry and should never be built heavy AD (though focussing on AS through Nashor's Tooth and Malady makes for a scary Elise.) As a jungler, Elise has amazing sustain and an outrageous clear time, and pretty potent ganks. As a mid-laner, Elise has good farming capabilities and harrass, though she lacks good AoE and there are so many other mid-laners that do her job better. Haven't used her Top much, but I see it constantly and her kit does suit top better than mid.

Experimentation is all well and good, but it has to be experimentation with some thought behind it. Throwing random champions into random roles is not experimentation. Looking at a champ's kit and seeing what roles it could fill, then trying to figure out how to built into that role is experimentation. Elise is an AP caster, with good sustain and good assassination potential. She is not a support, and can't really carry a team unless she's fed to hell.