Elise ARAM Mayhem Build

The Spider Queen. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #103 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21AssassinMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.8%
Pick rate: 1.0%
Rank: #103 of 173
Games: 233,351
Patch: 26.21

How to play Elise in ARAM Mayhem

Elise is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #103 of 173 champions, with a 48.8% win rate over 233,351 games. Few players take it (1.0% of games), so enemies will rarely know the matchup well. Riot rates it 9/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

88% of Elise's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Lich Bane, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap, with a 49.5% win rate over 161,742 games. For boots, most players buy Sorcerer's Shoes, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Elise are BEES!!!, Giant Slayer and The Boom and the Bass. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Master of Duality and Glass Cannon when you can: they do worst on Elise. A pair to look for: Giant Slayer with The Boom and the Bass.

Take Flash and Ignite (2% of players); Mark is the common alternative. Max Q (Neurotoxin / Venomous Bite) first, then W, then E.

Elise ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Elise game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

49.5% win rate · 84% of Elise games · 161,742 games

Start

Blasting Wand
Amplifying Tome

Core items, in buying order

Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Boots on the AP build for Elise, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	38%
Gluttonous Greaves	17%
Sorcerer's Shoes	43%

Situational, after the core

Nashor's Tooth7% buy it
Void Staff56% buy it
Stormsurge20% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass18% buy it
Cryptbloom3% buy it
Luden's Echo2% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame83% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap57% of games
Luden's Echo57% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes47% of games
Stormsurge42% of games
Lich Bane35% of games
Void Staff34% of games
Liandry's Torment20% of games
Blackfire Torch18% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass12% of games

Best augments for Elise

Every card with enough Elise games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Elise's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Elise

5 S tier and 33 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Elise in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier S	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Can't Touch This	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your Ultimate makes you Invulnerable for 2 seconds (8s Cooldown).
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Marksmage	Gold	Tier A	Your Attacks deal an additional (75% Ability Power) physical damage.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier A	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Dashing	Prismatic	Tier A	Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities gain 175 Ability Haste.
Ethereal Weapon	Gold	Tier A	Your Abilities apply On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects. 1 second Cooldown per target.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Witchful Thinking	Silver	Tier A	Gain Ability Power 20–80 (by level) Ability Power.
Flash 2	Silver	Tier A	Gain a second Flash Summoner Spell and 70 Summoner Haste.

Average on Elise
42 cards, best first

Below average on Elise
33 cards, best first

Weakest on Elise
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Elise

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Elise's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Elise in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	BEES!!!Tier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	HomeguardTier S
2	The Boom and the BassTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Giant SlayerTier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Giant SlayerTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
4	Giant SlayerTier S	From Beginning To EndTier S	Final FormTier S	With HasteTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Take'em Down Down DownTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Elise, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite2% of players · 51.0% win rate
Flash + Mark85% of players · 48.9% win rate
Flash + Ghost11% of players · 48.4% win rate

Skill order

QNeurotoxin / Venomous Bite
WVolatile Spiderling / Skittering Frenzy
ECocoon / Rappel

Max Q first. 55% of players use this order (50.9% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Elise in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.7 / 10.8 / 22.0
KDA: 3.48
Damage to champions: 38,016
Damage taken: 30,242
Self-mitigated: 20,995
Healing on allies: 11
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 31 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:26

Damage type

Physical 6%Magic 88%True 6%

Questions and answers

What is the best Elise build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Elise: Lich Bane, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Elise in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Elise, best first: BEES!!!, Giant Slayer, The Boom and the Bass, Mad Scientist and Final Form. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Elise good in ARAM Mayhem?

Elise is tier B on patch 26.21, #103 of 173 champions, with a 48.8% win rate over 233,351 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Elise in ARAM Mayhem?

For Elise's first pick on patch 26.21: BEES!!!, The Boom and the Bass, Weapon of Destiny, Giant Slayer and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Elise counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.