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Illaoi's E is the most un-fun thing in LoL to play against. Red response would be nice.

MasterOfTheOrder·12/22/2015, 1:37:12 AM·3 votes·1,120 views

Instead of screaming and raging, I'll make my case.

I'd like to simply request that her/his E is changed. Somehow. Some way. I'm not a designer, I'm just a player... but I want to quit the game after being hit by a single e and then losing lane because of it. The moment Illaoi kills your spirit, unless that player is VERY bad, you just lost lane. Period. You have to go and heal (because that hurt a lot), fight tentacles on your way back to lane (which costs you time and lets illaoi farm) and play so passively that you might have to mis out on minion exp.

I understand that you can dodge it. I really do. But being able to dodge an ability doesn't make it fair or fun. In all likelihood, I might quit playing toplane simply because I don't want to afk.

Can anything be done about this? Anything? I wold love a rioter response simply so that I can be informed if any changes are currently planned, or if for some god forsaken reason the balance team deems illaoi's e balanced. To be clear, I don't care at all about the other 3 abilities.

A response would be appreciated, as I don't think I'm the only player that feels this way.

23 Comments

Little Stick Man12/22/2015, 1:40:30 AM3 votes

tbh I just wish it had a target cooldown like udyrs stun so you don't clear 3 tentacles only to immediately have it start over again. until this gets changed ive noticed that MonkeyKing clone makes for an awesome way to counter this ability since the cooldowns are pretty similar (wus actually comes up a little faster)

alasarcher12/22/2015, 1:42:59 AM1 votes

Well, if she hits u with E (its still a skillshot), go on her, she has choice:fight u, or fight your spirit to make u vessel. If she fights spirit, she will take more damage than you will, if she fights u, spirit will disappear and u wont really lose trade. Also, why would it be lost lane? Max she can do to you is like 20-25% of your HP, just pull back and chug on potion, u will see when tentacles are spawning, just move a bit, they will miss u, hit them twice, repeat process 3 times. She is really easy to fight against.

TheDiff12/22/2015, 1:43:21 AM1 votes

Once you get hit with it, hit her back. Then you won't become a vessel and your spirit will stay around for less time, plus you will get some harass on her like that. Also, think about it this way, Illoai has nothing she contributes to herself, teamfights, and her team besides damage. She is basically an all in damage tank. So if she tries to go in on you, dodge all her skill shots the best you can and go in on her. Try not to fight on her tentacles, and you will be golden. She is fine the way she is.

Ralanr12/22/2015, 1:43:49 AM1 votes

I wouldn't expect a red response until after the holidays.

Quepha12/22/2015, 1:46:03 AM1 votes

Getting hit by Blitz arm is about as likely to result in your instant death as getting cursed by Illaoi's E, and Blitz's arm is a faster skillshot with more range.

Miku Lv9912/22/2015, 2:28:09 AM1 votes

Either fight her or get far enough away and it'll end sooner. Don't just stand there while she beats it up.

And the tentacles' attacks can be dodged. They aren't nearly as much of a problem as they are an annoyance.

M15TAH JAY12/22/2015, 5:29:22 AM1 votes

she's not the first with an ability you have to dodge and if you don't you're done seriously are these people new here? I've only played about a year and Ik alot of champs that if they land that one ability you're pretty much screwed Don't act like it's new cuz it's not its just a game why is dodging a skillshot all of a sudden such a burden to people it wasn't something people complained about too much(from what I've seen) til now

Cenobite Azaziel12/22/2015, 5:37:32 AM1 votes

The biggest problem? There is no good choice.

Blitz pull you? Ok. You can fight him back if he is alone (generally he is full tank with low damage), you can flash/displacement. Either running away or fighting are decent choices.

If you are hit by Illaoi, you are f****.
Wanna fight? She deals a lot of damage and has a sustain, trading isn't a problem. If you are melee her aoe Q will hit you and the clone, dealing +30% damage (in low levels). In a skill that is 180 + 200% AD, that hurts pretty bad. (if there are more tentacles, good luck, because W will hit hutr even more).

If you run she gets free jabs at you and you can't B at all. Every tentacle get two hits to be killed. If you plan to destroy it remove the vessel you'll need 1,5 sec or more if you are playing something tanky since you can't throw skills at it, leaving you a tight gap of 0,5 second for B (8 second for a B). Each tentacle spawns at 10 sec. For a full minute. Why kill 3? Why do players have to be punished so hard dedicating 40~60s of game play just to dodge and kill tentacles? Feels like playing WOW. Farming tentacles. Sure it gives you gold but will ruin your farming if you concentrate on that.

A while ago a red said that dota blood seeker rupture was failed in design. There were no good choices. Now they release something with the same problem.

Killing the tentacles means almost nothing for her. Shaco has huge cd on his boxes, heimer has a charge system and CD, zyra too. She get free tentacles every 20~12 second, for no mana cost.

Why can't creeps kill them? Creeps kill shaco's box, heimer turrets, and if I remember right, zyra plants too.

Illaoi is just toxic.