Elise·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Elise Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Scorch in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Stormsurge as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and finish with Banshee's Veil. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.6% winrate over 222 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Elise Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Waterwalking in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Lich Bane, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.4% win rate over 119 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Coup de Grace in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Lich Bane as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass and Hextech Gunblade. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 58.6% win rate across 58 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Elise Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Unflinching with Bone Plating as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Void Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 62.3% win rate over 53 matches played.

Situational Elise Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Elise build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.