Talk:Elise/@comment-218.186.15.10-20121205142635

I've been playing Elise top lane recently, and I've been experimenting with tanky AP builds with items like RoA and Rylai's, combined with an early HoG and Kage's. Currently, it works decently, and I find myself able to trade quite well maxing W first.

Just wondering, like the comment below, how does building Malady work on her? At first I thought that it would give her a huge early/mid-game advantage, but you lose out on takniness and may not work against good melee traders like Darius, who can do DoT and slow AS. Also, if I wanted a mid-game advantage, would getting a Haunting Guise work? It gives AP, HP and MPen - basically everything you need for trading damage and surviving trades. I'm not bashing Malady, but how do either of these items stack up?

Sometimes, I just feel that getting a HoG and/or Kage's, before getting an RoA sometime in the early-mid stages of the game, is better as it allows both sustain, damage and farming potential, something which is essential for a top-laner.

What do you guys build? From what I've read, many seem to rush a Rylai's first or go for on-hit. So, how did they work out? After dismissing Elise for a good month or so, I want to try and make use of my purchase. What are the positive and negative points about your builds - and what are the niches they fill?