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((And then everyone looked upward and saw a parachuting Naga.  Whee!))

"Oh a walkway, I think I can get it with my tail."

Get onto that walkway.  Summon a long distance grabber thing to grab onto it if I have to!

"Ithiss! Ithiss!  ITHISS!" Ssrah yelled as she began floating away, cursing in her native tongue.  She floats and floats and floats... "When doess thiss ride end?" she muses.  Finally she bumps into the floating complex.  "Well... thiss iss... unexpected."

Swim/fly over to the entrance, then enter the floating complex if it does not appear to be harmful right away.  IF I start to fall, enhanced willpower summon a parachute into existence and hope it works.

((Poison pool of awesome is just as OP as I hoped it would be.  . ))

I think I've finally figured out how I like Elise to be built in order to win hard at life. 

Elise Mid/Top
Items in "()" either get upgraded or sold later
(Boots)
(3 Red Pots)
(Heart of Gold)
Sorc Shoes or Merc Treads
(Hextech Revolver)
Nashor's Tooth
Will of the Ancients
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rabadon's Deathcap
Banshee's Veil or Zhonya's Hourglass
((Rabadon's and Banshee's/Zhonya's can be replaced with other items of choice depending on game, such as a Randuin's or a Deathfire, etc.))

Skills are maxed out in this order: QWQEQRQWQWRWWEEREE

Runes and Masteries:
21/9/0  Very standard masteries, I grab MR over Armor because you're in mid, but if you go top lane you can grab armor instead and it should still work.

AP Blues, AP Quints, MP5 Yellows, MPen Reds

Important tips for Mid Elise,

• Last hit in Spider form as much as possible, the passive W health back and free mana cost of everything is amazing for lane sustain if you find yourself running low on mana, and it's about twice as easy to farm.
• Remember, your explosive spiderlings can be walked around the creep lines to harass the enemy champion more directly
• If you find yourself in any kind of sticky situation, your E is the most helpful skill you have in either form, don't be afraid to use it, forcing the enemies to stay around an extra two seconds could be the difference between your team being able to pick up a kill on your opponent, and them getting off scott free even in the worst case scenario
• Play around the edge's of team fights until a tank gets in there, never initiate fights with your E(spider form), no matter how low they are.  You are not a tank, you are Elise, the Queen Bitch of Bursting Squishies in the Back Row of a Team Fight.

Elise Jungle
(Cloth Armor)
(5 Red Potions)
(Philosopher's Stone)
(Boots)
(Hextech Revolver)
Hextech Gunblade
Merc Treads or Gank Boots
((At this point check with your support, if they are getting Aegis, throw out cloth armor, if they are not, grab it and help your team with some survivability))
Nashor's Tooth
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Banshee's Veil
Rabadon's Deathcap
(You obviously ditch Aegis late game if you get there)

Now I know they question you're all asking yourself right now, "V-Norrec, why in the sweet mother of Baby Jesus are you getting a Hextech Gunblade over a Will of the Ancients on an AP character?" Check that active, 50% slow for 3 seconds.  The Hextech Gunblade ends your dependance on Red Buff or a good human form E for ganks.  All of a sudden you run up, hit them for 300 with a nice slow, you and your spiderlings jump on them creep blocking them in (Save your Spider E for expecting flash if possible, use Spider Q to close the gap as quickly as possible if not possible just use the E and force that flash burn, then come back after clearing golems and wraiths half the time they'll be back in a gankable position), and then your team jumps in because they see you're eating the enemy alive, and your team chalks up another kill on the board.  It also synergizes well with the Nashor's Tooth which is almost essential for it's CDR, Attack Speed, and AP (in that order).

Jungle Route
Start blue, you're a bit too squishy to take wolves early imo, because you'll eat all five potions on that first clear.  So you want your skills to be on as low a CD a possible.  Don't be afraid to go B if your are running low on Health after the second Wraith Clear, you'll be able to pick up MP5 and HP5 so you'll get that extra bit of durability you need.  Anyhow, always start the camps Human Q, Human W, Human E, Spider, Spider W, Spider Q, camp dies.  It is imperative you go through the Human Spells as quickly as possible so you take as little damage as possible, also E can be skipped on Wraiths, (It's only used on the big guy in the camps to prevent a bit of damage on those first few clears until you have revolver)

Skills:  QWQEQRQWQWRWWEEREE (same as mid/top)

Runes and Masteries:
21/9/0  Two points in Butcher, taken from your AP, the rest are distributed as one would expect of a standard AP build, grab armor over MR is Defensive.

Health % Quints, Health Yellows, Attack Speed Reds, AP Blues

Important Tips

• Spider Form Q gets more powerful the more health is missing, try to save it until they are low then pop it and get maximum damage.
• Remember that Gunblade active, it is essential to successfully ganking as Elise without Red Buff
• Always jump to the back of a team fight with your E, keep the enemy from retreating, and distract the squishies.  You have Life Steal, Spell Vamp, and Health for a reason, so those early team fights are in your favor.
• Red Buff is more important than blue buff for Elise because spider form uses no mana.  Always give Blue Buff to your mid or top after first clear.  You don't need it.
• Human form Q is longer range than spider form, switch to pick up that longer range kill.
• I thought I told you not to forget that Gunblade active you son of a bitch.  DON'T FORGET THAT GUNBLADE ACTIVE!

Really that's just about everything I've learned about Elise so far, feel free to ask questions, and such if you're curious.  Also yell at me if you want, I'll just laugh at you and keep doing what works for me though.

((That sounds appropriate to me, though be sure to include a roll to make see if she gets hit by the cone if appropriate to the battlefield situation))


"You have to accept it Sareesa, their is no other explanation.  The crystal only will charge when it comes in contact with mana.  You are a being more mana than flesh.  You are a wellspring of mana... an avatar of energy.  Whatever you are, you can't be human like we thought."

"No, you're wrong, I'm a human, what else could I be?  I am a human."

"This explains everything though, how you are so proficient with magic.  Even how you were able to control your mana with no formal training.  Sareesa, this is a gift, you're beyond human, you are energy incarnate."

"No. No!  I can't be! Sareesa yells running out of the now darkened classroom.  It had been a week since she found the crystal, and ever since then Varsus had been running tests trying to determine why the crystal reacted the way it did, what Sareesa's nature might be.  She wished she had never stepped on the damn thing now.

Sareesa ran out into the middle of the forest and collapsed into a small pile.  There away from everyone she started to cry, all of her dreams, her hopes had been stolen with Varsus's announcement.  She cried, mourning the future that might have been, now lost if what he said was true.

As she sat there, wishing she could just disappear and not face reality, Sareesa felt a cold, armored hand come down on her shoulder.  "'Ey 'dere, why yah be cryin' little sista'?  I thought yah be happy here, learnin' all about yah magic.  Why yah be out here all alone?" said a caring voice very familiar to her.

"Senny!  You always show up when I need you most! Sareesa said throwing her arms around the Troll and embracing him, holding him close.  Sentinal hugged his adopted sister back.  Her shoulder rested on his shoulder as he gently patted her back, comforting the distraught girl.  Eventually she answered his question.  "They... they think that I'm not human.  They think that I'm some kind of living mana or something." she explained to the troll.

"Now now, we know 'dat not be true.  After all, I never seen any mana eat as much as you do." he said trying to make Sareesa laugh, forget about the seriousness of the situation.  Still, he couldn't help but feel a pit grow in his stomach.  Hearing she wasn't human might be enough for some people.  Sentinel did his best not to show any concern for the moment though.  Sareesa was far to overloaded already to think rationally about the situation.  "Shhh, Shhh, it be okay.  Do not worry sista'.  I be here for you now.

"Well, thiss iss not what I wanted."

Get back to the tavern, use pool of poison behind me as I flee in order to dissuade pursuit.

((Fuck me, I get double ones on the first turn, that's a pretty terrible sign))

So, as a person who's never played with any mods, what is the selling point of switching to D&T as someone who likes to play either Milan or Muscowy

Go and look at the Market set up just down the street.

"Aghh, how could I forget my sshirt and pantsss.  Sso sstupid sometimes.  Wait... I can't even wear pantsss.  Maybe there will be a market nearby... I feel like that iss right."

((Did I understand the general ambiguity of or situation and our ability to create our surrounding correctly))