Why is Elise the 3rd most picked jungler in plat+ games?

Linna Excel·Oct 31, 2016·2 votes·397 views

Overall she's slightly below average at everything.

What do people see in her that makes them want to pick her so much?

5 Comments

Zone of EndlessOct 31, 20161 votes

Probably sustain and dmg for safe clear in jg and early pressure level 3.

FlahertyOct 31, 20161 votes

when played well she is definitely not below average in most things. people pick her because she is good

LordofEntropyOct 31, 20161 votes

Early pressure, doesn't need to AFK farm until 6+ like many popular junglers in lower elos.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoOct 31, 20161 votes

same reason she was picked in worlds and in competitive play

WolfessOct 31, 20161 votes

im not high elo but I can find a lot of things about her that are annoying to deal with or are good utility in general:

1: she has a transformation that gives her potentially 6 abilities like some champs, meaning she can adapt when she needs to

2: her spider web E has a very nice CC duration if they land it

3: if you have good mechanics and can learn to make her spiderlings take turret agro, she is an excellent tower diver on people with low hp

4: spiderlings heal her if she uses W in jungle, good sustain and spiderlings tank damage

5: in spider form her E makes her untargetable AND she can see into the brush which people will usually try to run into for evasive maneuvers, AND she can jump down on top of them for a gap-closer. Her spider Q is also another gap closer with scaling based on missing hp

6: she can be built decently tanky thanks to being very good with magic penetration and not requiring a ton of AP due to being very utility based and having max % hp magic damage that SCALES with current/missing hp. works wonders with item 3151 and item 3001 and bam now you have hp, MR, magic pen/reduction, cdr, and AP. not to mention the hp burn on liandrys.