Talk:Elise/@comment-178.166.24.118-20121023140541/@comment-92.36.115.71-20121024220651

Then you see getting in melee only from danger point of view and forget that your opponent loose this advantage if he is ranged since they are not supposed to be in melee (as long as you can stay on target (Jayce actually looses his range when he goes melee). Range is both offensive and defencive (more so for mages) advantage, so you can deal damage from safe distance. For mages it is more important since they do damage usually in bursts. If you close distance with ranged DPS, however, he wont lose his consistent firepower despite being more vulnerable in melee. Mages, on the other hand, can usually do at best the same burst they can do at range and then go on cooldown, then melee dps gains advantage. Of course, you must an can choose right moment to engage, when their most damaging skills or skills that can stop you are on cooldown. And she still have some burst and increased defences to survive clouse encounter.

About Jayce - I just compared using their ultimates, I never consider this meta things since it's pointless. Jayce do not get any weaker whether he faces melee or ranged opponent in any lane. He remains same champion, and so is Elise. And like any other champion, she of course can go and fail (or succeed) on any lane.