Idea to change Illaoi's Test of Spirit

Test of Spirit is one of the more defining skills or Illaoi, but due to its nature, makes match ups very polarising based whether the opponent is a melee hero or not. While Strengths and weaknesses are good, Illaoi takes it much further.

I feel the skill is to force people to fight her, because she is kited very easily otherwise. In the end though, the skill is rather easy to dodge for ranged champions while extremely easy to land on any melee champion who would think about trading.

My suggestion is, rather than have the grip animation come from Illaoi, it its current form, it is changed. Instead Illaoi chooses a location some set distance away from her, where a spirit tentacle spawns and pushes back towards Illaoi (kinda like the part of flay behind thresh, but at a much greater range). The first champion hit would have their soul removed from their bodies and placed in front of Illaoi. I feel this addresses 3 issues that Illaoi currently faces.

Increased counter play from Illaoi vs ranged champions: As the tentacle animation would start at range, closer to ranged heroes, it would harder for the ranged champions to react, and easier for Illaoi to land. Therefore it would give her better opportunities to force a response from ranged champions.

Increased counter play from melee opponents: As the tentacle would not be a point blank grab, Melee champions would have the chance to react and dodge the ability, would also make it harder for Illaoi to land it on targets she is already engaged with.

More control over where to spawn tentacles: It could even be made that, the spirit tentacle remains where it was cast, or only remain if when Prophet of an Elder God is off cooldown.

Of cause these changes shouldn't be made in a bubble, and Illaoi might need some number adjustments to go with it. However, I feel that a change like this would put Illaoi's kit in a much more manageable state, giving her better tools to deal with ranged champions in lane, while removing the crazy dominance she has versus less mobile melee champions.