Elise

Elise lives in a dim, abandoned palace within the oldest city of Noxus, though she is usually grouped with the Shadow Isles and the Black Mist that hangs over that archipelago. The gap between where she actually stays and the darker powers tied to her shows how completely she has abandoned her former life.

She began as a mortal woman who ran a powerful household, until a vicious demigod’s bite transformed her into something else: lovely on the outside, deeply inhuman within. The result is a spider-like hunter that weaves webs to lure its prey, not a woman who simply escaped an assault. The bite keeps her young, and she sustains that youth by preying on the naive and the disloyal, seducing her targets before she moves in for the kill.

Her two forms mirror this divided nature in battle. As Human Form, Neurotoxin wears down healthy enemies, Volatile Spiderling explodes when enemies come close, and Cocoon stuns and exposes whatever it strikes. Her ultimate turns her into Spider Form, exchanging reach for speed, fresh abilities, and a brood of Spiderlings. In that form, Venomous Bite targets wounded foes instead, Skittering Frenzy quickens her and her brood, and Rappel sends her soaring before she drops onto an enemy below. Its long cooldown, however, leaves her vulnerable for a while after she uses it to escape. Her passive, Spider Queen, links the two forms: Human Form abilities create dormant Spiderlings, and Spider Form attacks restore her health during fights. This is also why her spider abilities cost no mana, so she can rely on them whenever her resources run dry. Few opponents, by this account, can escape her once she has picked them, and by the time they grasp what she has become, retreat is seldom a real option.