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 Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Triumph and Coup de Grace 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, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Banshee's Veil. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.0% winrate over 351 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Approach Velocity in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Tenacity and Slow Resist as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Lich Bane as your first item, then Gluttonous Greaves as a second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 55.8% win rate across 86 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, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Transcendence with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hextech Gunblade as your first item, then finish Gluttonous Greaves as your second item, and Lich Bane as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 53.7% win rate over 67 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.