Use Elise's very high early gank threat and dueling power to pressure lanes and invade before Rammus can scale.
Avoid full clears into Rammus who has slower clear speed and relies on ganks; prioritize early tempo and river control to deny him farm and objectives.
Jungle Plan
Prioritize early invades before Rammus completes his first reset to punish his low clear speed and invade resistance.
Use early wards to track Rammus and counter-gank his speed ganks, especially if lanes are pushed or overextended.
Focus on securing early dragon and Rift Herald after successful ganks to convert tempo into objectives and deny Rammus scaling.
Danger windows
Avoid fighting when Rammus has (Q) rolling engage available and lanes lack priority, as he can force all-ins.
Be cautious contesting isolated river fights or Scuttle when low on health or without vision control.
Respect forced smite fights around early dragon or Rift Herald if Rammus's team has lane priority and can collapse.
Early game
Start with a three-camp clear into early gank or invade to leverage Elise's level 3 power spike.
Contest first Scuttle Crab aggressively only if nearby lanes have priority to collapse on Rammus.
Avoid extended fights early if Rammus approaches with his (Q) rolling engage ready; instead, track his pathing for counter-ganks.
Power spikes
Elise's level 3 with (E) cocoon and rappel enables lethal early ganks; use this to force lane leads.
Respect Rammus's (Q) rolling engage and (E) taunt power spike during early gank attempts; avoid isolated river fights when these are up.
Elise falls off if early tempo fails; capitalize on early kills to snowball before Rammus's late-game tank scaling.
Win conditions
Convert early gank pressure and successful invades into lane leads that snowball your team.
Deny Rammus free farm by invading pre-reset and controlling river vision to limit his gank angles.
Use Elise's early burst and dive to secure objectives quickly before Rammus reaches his anti-AD scaling power spike.
Tip: For Elise vs Rammus, read overview, trading pattern, and danger windows first for a fast Jungle lane check.
