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Elise Counters Classic 26.22

Cocoon is the trigger for everything she does; if the stun misses, the spider half of her kit has nothing to land on. Make her throw it through a wave, and hold your own crowd control until Rappel brings her back down.

The play Put distance between yourself and the Spiderling; it explodes only once it gets close to you.

Mid
Best countersKassadinYorickMalzaharStrong againstJaxGarenSingedBest partnersBlitzcrankLeonaKarmaCounter itemsMercury's TreadsAbyssal ScepterVoid StaffTheir spellIgniteTheir rushAbyssal Scepter

Who Counters Elise in LoL Classic?

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Ahri blows a kiss that turns a committed dive into a harmless walk toward her, and that tilt marks the soft end of a short board that hardens above it.

01KassadinBurst mageKassadin BuildCounter strengthStrongKassadin can silence Elise, reposition quickly, and punish her with heavy damage
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#Championnames open countersCounter strengthDifficultyCounter buys
01KassadinBurst mageKassadin BuildStrongHighMercury's TreadsVoid StaffShushei's Mana Jug
02YorickBruiserYorick BuildGoodModerateForce of NatureThe Black CleaverSpirit Visage
03MalzaharMageMalzahar BuildGoodModerateBanshee's VeilLiandry's TormentAbyssal Scepter
04BrandMageBrand BuildGoodModerateMercury's TreadsLiandry's TormentShushei's Mana Jug
05MordekaiserMageMordekaiser BuildGoodModerateGuardian AngelSorcerer's ShoesForce of Nature
06SwainMageSwain BuildGoodModerateAbyssal ScepterSorcerer's ShoesChalice of Harmony
07AhriBurst mageAhri BuildFairModerateAbyssal ScepterVoid StaffMercury's Treads

More matchups unlock as the Classic roster grows. Open any threat to see who they fear, then hit Build for the loadout you're about to face.

How to Counter Elise in LoL Classic

Counter guide

Elise fights as two champions in one, and no part of her kit clears crowd control or shortens it. Each of these three mid laners carries some, and the change of form does not undo it. Kassadin is decisive here, silencing her before the new form means anything. Malzahar holds a firm edge with a hold that stops her acting outright. Brand clearly favors the exchange, because the burn is what arms his stun.

01Strong counter

Playing Kassadin into Elise

A silence for the form change, and a teleport that does not have to walk.
Kassadin vs Elise, Kassadin counters Elise in League of Legends Classic
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Counter strengthStrongTakeChamp selectFlashBuyThe answersMercury's TreadsVoid StaffShushei's Mana Jug

Bonus magic damage rides every swing Elise takes in Spider Form, and Void Stone reroutes fifteen percent into attack speed. The healing is a separate problem. In that form, Skittering Frenzy gives her attack speed and returns health on every attack she lands. Nether Blade's active adds magic damage to yours for five seconds.

You have one silence. Elise gives you two casts worth denying: Cocoon / Rappel while she is human, or the change into Spider Form. Take the change. Null Sphere holds two seconds at max rank and comes back every nine seconds. She cannot become anything else while it runs.

Nothing in your kit shortens crowd control, so Cocoon / Rappel lands on you at full length. Take Riftwalk away and no movement is left in the kit at all. While Elise is human, Spider Swarm readies a Spiderling whenever one of her spells hits. They attack only once she is in Spider Form.

02Good counter

Playing Yorick into Elise

Yorick counters Elise in League of Legends Classic (Yorick splash art)Elise counters guide, Elise vs Yorick (Elise splash art)VSRankedBoost02Yorickyour pickGoodEliseopponentForce of NatureThe Black CleaverSpirit VisageBuy thesethe answers to ElisePick Yorick to beat Elise
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Counter strengthGoodTakeChamp selectIgniteBuyThe answersForce of NatureThe Black CleaverSpirit Visage
03Good counter

Playing Malzahar into Elise

Two portals, a zone on the floor, and a hold she cannot cast her way out of.
Malzahar vs Elise, Malzahar counters Elise in League of Legends Classic
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Counter strengthGoodTakeChamp selectFlashBuyThe answersBanshee's VeilLiandry's TormentAbyssal Scepter

Your fourth cast is the one the passive is counting toward, and the Voidling that answers it stays for twenty one seconds, growing stronger after seven and doubling its attack speed after fourteen. That is a second body standing in the lane, and Malefic Visions drags it toward whichever unit is carrying the visions.

Eighty seconds is as short as Nether Grasp's cooldown ever gets. A suppressed target cannot act, so no form change happens while you hold her. The silence on Call of the Void returns every nine seconds, so let it handle her ordinary form changes and save the grasp for the one you cannot afford.

Elise chooses where she comes down, and you choose what is already sitting there. Put Null Zone on the target she is falling toward, so the damage starts the moment she arrives. Pick the wrong one and the zone burns out on empty floor.

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