Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Elise versus Yasuo matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Elise normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually loses when facing off against Yasuo, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Elise makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Elise does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when facing one another, Elise also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Elise into Yasuoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Elise is a garbage counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Yasuo.
To truly master Elise to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise typically gets a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Elise versus Yasuo build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Yasuo than with many other common item sets. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 47.2% battling Yasuo with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Yasuo as Elise, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Elise vs Yasuo fights, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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