Guide · Jungle

Elise Guide

the Spider Queen

Assassin

Mage

Tier A Jungle

Elise, the Spider Queen, is an assassin and mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 389 analysed ranked games, Elise is mostly played in the Jungle (66% of its games), and more rarely as Support (34%), with a 43.1% win rate in that role: tier A among Jungle champions (#8 of 48, ranked by win rate). Elise's damage is mostly magic (85%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (42.2% to 45.3%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

7.8 / 5.7 / 7.2

ratio 2.6

Damage / min

711

CS / min

6.4

Gold / min

448

Kill participation

52%

Vision / min

1.02

Averages measured over 255 Jungle games played with Elise, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Elise is a two-form jungler: in human form, her abilities generate dormant spiderlings and she stuns with Cocoon; in Spider Form, she gains movement speed and new abilities with a horde of spiders. Her attacks in Spider Form deal bonus magic damage and heal her.

The engage combo

When: An enemy is within Cocoon range.

Cocoon stuns, Neurotoxin (current health) and Volatile Spiderling damage, then Spider Form transforms you: Venomous Bite (missing health), Skittering Frenzy, Rappel.

Human-form harassment

When: You want to harass in human form.

Neurotoxin deals damage based on current health; every ability that hits generates a dormant spiderling.

See all 3 Elise combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

In human form, hit to generate spiderlings. Cocoon stuns the first unit hit and reveals it if it is not stealthed.

Common mistakes

Transforming without having hit with any ability in human form.
Using Cocoon with no plan for Spider Form.
Forgetting that your attack range is reduced as a spider.

Riot's official tips for playing Elise

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame (41 games, 51.2% win rate).

Lich Bane

Zhonya's Hourglass

Shadowflame

41 games · 51.2%

Lich Bane

Void Staff

Shadowflame

32 games · 31.2%

Rabadon's Deathcap

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

30 games · 50.0%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E43.8% · 32 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q		●		●	●		●		●
W	●							●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 42 games).

First completed items, in order

Lich Bane

Shadowflame

16 games · 50.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3990 gold, 63 CS, 3720 XP. At 15 min: 6168 gold, 98 CS, 6318 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite42.9% · 252 games

Most-played runes

Dark Harvest + Precision

42.5% · 146 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact65%

Grisly Mementos50%

Relentless Hunter58%

Secondary tree · Precision

Coup de Grace77%

Triumph73%

Shards

Attack speed94%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling69%

Electrocute + Precision

41.4% · 29 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact97%

Sixth Sense59%

Treasure Hunter90%

Secondary tree · Precision

Triumph62%

Coup de Grace55%

Shards

Attack speed93%

Adaptive force100%

Health66%

Stormraider's Surge + Precision

50.0% · 26 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak100%

Transcendence77%

Waterwalking100%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Alacrity96%

Cut Down92%

Shards

Attack speed96%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling96%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Elise's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team46.1% · 76 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Shadowflame 47.5% ▲

Lich Bane 41.0% ▼

Stormsurge 50.0% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 38.1%

Void Staff 35.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap 70.0%

The item that stands out most is Stormsurge: 50.0% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team38.7% · 62 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Lich Bane 46.3%

Shadowflame 41.7%

Stormsurge 30.8% ▼

Zhonya's Hourglass 53.3%

Void Staff 16.7%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team43.6% · 117 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Shadowflame 43.5%

Lich Bane 45.6%

Stormsurge 42.3%

Zhonya's Hourglass 46.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap 53.8%

Void Staff 47.6%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Elise in the Jungle

Viego Elise: 55.6%18 games

Viego has the edge in 44% of the 18 Jungle duels against Elise. See the Viego guide.

Lee Sin Elise: 61.8%34 games

Lee Sin has the edge in 38% of the 34 Jungle duels against Elise. See the Lee Sin guide.

Who Elise is strong against

Lee Sin61.8% · 34 games

Viego55.6% · 18 games

How to play against Elise

Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Elise's matchups.

Elise Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Elise	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3990	4023	−33
CS at 10 min	63	69	−6
XP at 10 min	3720	3898	−177
Gold at 15 min	6168	6322	−155
CS at 15 min	98	106	−8
XP at 15 min	6318	6602	−284

Measured over 42 Elise games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min42.2 %90 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min45.3 %139 games

Best result: medium-length (25 to 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Elise in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Support	134	52.2 %	1.1	346

Roles where we have at least 40 Elise games.

Abilities

PassiveSpider Queen

Human Form: When Elise's abilities hit an enemy, she gains a dormant Spiderling.

Spider Form: Basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and restore health to Elise.

QNeurotoxin / Venomous Bite

Human Form: Deals damage based upon how high the target's Health is.

Spider Form: Lunges at an enemy and deals damage based upon how low their Health is.

WVolatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy

Human Form: Releases a venom-gorged Spiderling that explodes when it nears a target.

Spider Form: Elise and her Spiderlings gain Attack Speed.

ECocoon / Rappel

Human Form: Stuns the first enemy unit hit and reveals them if they are not stealthed.

Spider Form: Elise and her Spiderlings ascend into the air and then descend upon target enemy. After descending on an enemy target, Elise's bonus damage and healing from Spider Queen is increased.

RSpider Form

Transforms into a menacing spider, reducing her attack range in exchange for Move Speed, new abilities, and a Spiderling swarm that will attack her foes.