Elise·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Elise Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Demolish and Bone Plating in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health 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 Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Rabadon's Deathcap. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.9% winrate over 297 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence 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 Dusk and Dawn as your first item, then Gluttonous Greaves as a second item and Riftmaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spirit Visage, Randuin's Omen and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 58.1% win rate across 129 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Elise Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Haste with Last Stand as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Gluttonous Greaves as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 61.5% win rate over 52 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.