Fighting Illaoi's E
This is not me mindlessly demanding a nerf. This is just a request for suggestions on how to fight what I think is the second coming of Broken Wings.
I play top lane a lot and with many different champions. I've gone up against an Illaoi multiple times now and with the exception of once, which I chalk up to luck and very poor skill on the other party, I got utterly curbstomped. And while other traits the Kraken priestess has I have seen before (like building 1 damage item and still being able to nuke. i.e. Darius), her E ability is something else entirely.
Every Illaoi I've fought levels it first or second, and given the cooldown is relatively short for how powerful it is, I feel screwed either way.
IF I attack her while she's pounding on my soul - I get the snot beat out of me on a literally spiritual level, and get chunked by her and her tentacles either via them hitting my soul or me via their splash damage
IF I run away and break the tether - I get bullied out of lane, lose EXP and gold, and then continually get chunked by the constantly spawning tentacles because I can't land two hits before they attack me
Either way, I'm chunked and bullied out of not just my lane, but pretty much all the way back to my secondary turret or base. I've also had problems fighting back against her W in top and other lanes because even if I find a way to block to push back her charge, she just bounced back at me again like she's a fucking ping pong ball, the only time I'm see a dash like that work in game.
What sort of tips could you guys offer to help a guy out here? Because so far my favorite lane, whether I build tank or fighter, is anti-fun :(
