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 Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Triumph and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Lich Bane 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 Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 58.1% winrate over 129 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, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health 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, Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 55.0% win rate over 111 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Teleport and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Demolish with Bone Plating 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 Nashor's Tooth 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 Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 60.4% win rate across 91 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, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Scorch with Absolute Focus as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Liandry's Torment, Void Staff and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 64 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.