Talk:Elise/@comment-7409578-20130516105731/@comment-9153612-20130522103640

She's always had innate healing. It's not like it's an added perk to her kit. She's may have some functionality like an assassin but she isn't. Unfortunately Riot doesn't know how to balance Elise so they strip her of her innate defenses like they did to Nidalee and what they are going to do to Shyvana. Jayce's free 35 bonus armor/mr at max rank while having a ton of utility AND % damage? No problem, says Riot. We'll just leave him the way he is.

It's true that you only need 1 penetration item + health stacking to be effective in game but Elise does fall off and the bonus stats are more important than you'd expect. At the very least, Riot should have reduced the stats instead of removing them entirely.