User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Elise, the Spider Queen/@comment-25115166-20141221143546/@comment-25115166-20141221191102

I don't think you should limit the Web's power just because "you might accidentally walk on it" I mean, that's the point. The root would be situationnal, since you'd pretty much have to straight up stand in it/keep walking in the Web to get rooted.

But it could be used as an AoE snare with decent potential in teamfights.

I don't know, other than that. Sure, your combo is reliant on decent timing and a bit of positioning, but not much else. Hell, if you throw a Rilay in there, it's basically unavoidable without the need for a good Web.

You're definitely right on "Human sets up traps, Spider goes in" though. Absolutely how I'd want to play a champ like Elise, and how I think Riot should have designed her.

The thing is, burst on the combo is still way too high. There's no need for calcs, it just shows in the ratios. But then again if you were to nerf any ratio substantially, Elise would have poor/average dps outside of her whole combo.

It might also be the fact that I don't perform well with/like combo champs. If you mess up, you're out till your cooldowns come back.