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 Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down 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 Tenacity and Slow Resist in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Dusk and Dawn as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Riftmaker. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.0% winrate over 140 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Elise Top 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, Taste of Blood, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Cut Down 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 Stormsurge, 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 Void Staff, Dusk and Dawn and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 50.4% win rate over 115 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, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Triumph 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 Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. 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.

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.