Heartsteel Elise Build

Heartsteel Elise Build.

Heartsteel Elise build with runes and items. Heartsteel Elise guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Heartsteel Elise build in League of Legends Patch 25.15!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Giant's Belt should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Elise ability Volatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy should be leveled first.
W
Elise ability Cocoon / Rappel should be leveled second.
E
Elise ability Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite should be leveled third.
Q
Final items
Plated Steelcaps should be final item in your build.
Heartsteel should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Overlord's Bloodmail should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Heartsteel Elise Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

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How it works

General

  1. You play Heartsteel Elise.
  2. You rush Heartsteel #1.
  3. You are gonna have tons of HP.
  4. You build items that scale and/or benefit from HP stacking.
    • And you build Armor and MR tanky items, depending on the situation and adapting to the enemy team.

How to play

General

  1. You rush Heartsteel #1 unless it is going to be hard to proc it - they are all ranged and just poke you. Then you start slow with Guardian's Horn instead.

Item Order

  1. Item Order after Heartsteel is flexible. You need to see what you need in particular game:
    • Get Overlord's Bloodmail for more damage and AD.
    • Get Warmog's Armor as anti-poke item (helps you stay in lane) and for some sweet HP.
    • Get Unending Despair, if there are prolonged fights in which you can stay near enemies (or enemies near you). The items gets better, the more HP you get.
    • Get various Armor and/or MR items to counter enemy team.
    • Get Titanic Hydra for more fun , more damage and some survivability.

Items

  1. Sundered Sky is very good damage item for this build (as #2-#4 depending on the game). It scales off your HP (so Grasp, Heartsteel, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
  2. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for a very long time (or even have it as 6th item).

Runes

  1. Second Wind scales off with your HP, so it is going to be powerful sustain rune. You can use it by purposefully triggering it by letting enemies poke you a little or walking over some harmful spells.
  2. Triumph is better (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of the Mind.

During game

  1. Your main damage and power comes from auto attacks - Grasp of the Undying, Heartsteel
  2. This is auto attack oriented Elise build, so do it! Especially if running with Titanic Hydra and Sundered Sky as well.
  3. You can prioritize switching between champions in the fight, just to farm more Heartsteel procs.
  4. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  5. Remember to consume your Heartsteel procs!
  6. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!

Tips and Tricks

General

  1. As Elise, you have your 'Ultimate' Spider Form (R) since lvl 1. You can lose track of enemy levels and get surprised by their level 6 spike and their ultimate. Watch out!
  2. You can block enemy skillshots with your spiders! See a skillshot going your way? Just turn around and enter Spider Form (given you have any spiders)!
  3. Elise Combo: Cocoon (E Human Form) -> Volatile Spiderling (W Human Form) -> auto -> Neurotoxin (Q Human Form) -> Spider Form (R) -> Venomous Bite (Q Spider Form) -> Skittering Frenzy (W Spider Form) -> auto -> then Rappel (E Spider Form) to chase or escape.

Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite (Q)

  1. Neurotoxin (Q Human Form) scales primarily with enemy current Health, meaning you deal most damage when target is Full Hp. That means this damage still can deal good damage even without building any AP, especially against high HP tanks.
  2. Venomous Bite (Q Spider Form) is execute ability. The less HP enemy has, the more damage it does. It has pretty high base damage, meaning even when playing off-meta builds without building any AP, you are still gonna have surprisingly high damage. Especially to low HP targets.

Volatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy (W)

  1. You can use your Skittering Frenzy (W Spider Form) for bush control.
  2. Elise W combo: cast Volatile Spiderling (W Human Form) in ANY direction. When you Venomous Bite (Q Spider Form), spider will fly to your target and explode.

Rappel (E Spider Form)

  1. Use Rappel (E Spider Form) to dive safely, absorb turret shots, or escape after committing.
  2. Do not waste it early in the fights, wait for the the good moment.
  3. You can dodge a lot of skillshots with Rappel (E Spider Form). Even global ultimates, if you time it properly. Activate it just as the ability is about to hit you.

Human and Spider Form interactions

  1. Elise is treated as melee in Spider Form and as ranged in Human Form. That means there are interactions with certain runes and items. Examples below.
    • Grasp of the Undying - If you want to deal more damage, get more Health and heal for more with Grasp of the Undying - when auto from ranged, switch to melee (when animation is mid-flight)!
    • First Strike - If you play Elise with First Strike rune, if you fire Human Volatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy (W) and change to Spider Form, you actually get the melee gold. This way you can farm and earn additional gold per minute by syncing W with First Strike. Credit: Nxal
    • Hubris - if you score a takedown when in Spider Form, you get more Attack Damage (melee effect), than you would get in Human Form.

Riot

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

Skill Order

  • Elise [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite
  • Elise [object Object] ability.
    W
    Volatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy
  • Elise [object Object] ability.
    E
    Cocoon / Rappel
  • Elise [object Object] ability.
    R
    Spider Form

Items

Starting items
Giant's Belt item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Starting items vs poke
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Rush this
Heartsteel item.
Core items
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Unending Despair item.
Heartsteel item.
Dmg items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Wit's End item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Sundered Sky item.
Good tank items
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Good MR items
Abyssal Mask item.
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Good Armor items
Sunfire Aegis item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Frozen Heart item.
Unending Despair item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Thornmail item.
Situational items
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Cappa Juice item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Plated Steelcaps item.
Heartsteel item.
Thornmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Kaenic Rookern item.