I really don't know who to pick vs. that dumbass champ. I admit, I tilt as soon as I see her tentacles and her E constantly fucking me up. But, I tried different picks, melee, ranged and she becomes frustrating and tilt worthy on every champ I play against her. Who do you play against her and who did you have success with ?
MadManApocalypse4 votesEvery top laner can beat her. When she uses her vessel on you take that moment to hit her back. If she focuses the vessel in that tiny amount of time you'll get more damage off on her. Keep the tentacles down, if she circles around in one area for too long near a tentacle that means the passive is up and shes waiting for you to come near.
Also Banshees' veil kicks her ass too
Besthunterjk2 votesEvery top laner can beat her
Just bronze things.
VvVVvV3 votesOnly time i ever faced her 1v1 in lane was with Voli.... i got 1st blood but she got ahead when their jungler started camping.
Most of the time i face her its when people use her as support.
I dont know if you have ever went up against a illoai support but my best description of it would be to picture yourself alone in a unfamiliar place, its hot a humid, creatures start to surround you and no matter where u go another one appears..and the safest place you know (your tower) is not even safe.
Its just a miserable time.
Too Ton2 votesI say she's one of the rare 1 v 5 so I ban her every game over irelia now :/
Nik Nikerson2 votesMy default has been playing Gnar into her. Just harass and farm while you dodge tentacles. Hyper's speed boost comes in handy. It's still not a super awesome match up, but that may be more to do with my poor Gnar mechanics.
Or I just farm under tower with GP. I've also heard people say Nasus isn't a bad choice, although I can't say myself as I refuse to play him.
Ozag the Mighty2 votesShe counters nasus mainly because nasus more less has to be right in her face, and her Q Denys him pretty bad. I'm not 100% sure if you can stack off her tenticals though.
asamu3 votesYou should be able to stack off them. They add to your CS count, same as wards, and Nasus can stack off of wards, towers, and other summoned units.
Vistha Kai1 votesI'm pretty sure Nasus can stack on anything that he can hit with Q.
Which is everything.
Ozag the Mighty1 votesWell there we go, free stacks, but I stand by saying she counters him pretty hard with that nasty Q of hers lol
MiTsuO Akai2 voteslol that's easy... Quinn... She can't touch her... You can also play Jayce if your skilled enough.... blitz crank has better pulls... Heimerdinger is good against her also because of his harass... Vayne and Irelia for true damage... Fiora...
Dominick Destine2 votes
splits her in two.
Teslium2 votesKayle, Jax and Tryndamere. The thing is that when her W cannot deal damage to her target, her tentancles will not swing.
Memeguel4201 votesQuinn is really good against her because her blind stops her w from hitting you and you can push her away. Mobile picks like riven are also really good since its really easy to dodge her tentacles if you're fast enough. Fiora would be good since you can parry her ult to stop an extra tentacle from spawning too. Always avoid her e if you are trying to fight her since it gives her ult a huge power spike with the extra tentacle. If you can parry her ult as fiora to spawn less tentactles.
ReZisT Lust1 votesi play renekton cause i slice n dice behind her when she tries to q me and iv got harassment cc and a healing q
JafarThePanda1 votesThere are three rules to laning against illaoi. -Stay behind your creep wave - so you can farm the tentacles if you miss CS. They're 10g. It's not a bad idea. Now harassment or CS becomes a choice because the only way they attack is with W, E, or Ult, and dodging E isn't THAT hard, and the W is barely outside normal melee range. -Pay attention to mana - she has mana issues early. Use that as you will. As long as you can dodge the skillshots and stay towards the middle of lane (because they spawn on terrain) you can dodge most other tentacle attacks. -Always dodge E. Her E until she stacks CDR is something like 16 second CD. Paying attention to your timer becomes crucial.
is a good first back if you're having issues.
If you're going to ask for ganks, make sure you have some form of CC. CC is the achilles heel to illaoi. There's nothing she can do if she's CC'd.
Not an expert or anything. I've played maybe a dozen games max of illaoi, but I can pick up patterns easily on what problems are for champs I have SOME familiarity with in kits.
can deal with her.
Irelia is a good duelist, has that stun based on max health, and has some form of escape.
Gnar has mini gnar for kiting and poke, mega gnar has GREAT CC and a surprise element to his engagements if done right, and if properly timed.
Gangplank has his barrels for pressure from engagement, and can use his ult to at least get assists if he's behind anyways, or use it in lane when the jungler ganks, OR for a solo kill when she dives turret and gets slowed as well as turret aggro'd, on top of barrels. This is only after 
. Before this? GP has the hardest time of these three.
ApexInTheCircle1 votesGnar....Gnar poops on her all day long, she has 0 ways to deal with mini gnar's harass.
Hayaishi21 votesSomeone with hard cc.
Goosetard1 votesTry playing . The lane can get realllly bad if you let her get ahead but it can also be really bad for her. I usually run stormraiders surge on him, which helps a lot. If she pulls your spirit, whack her with a Q because the bleed reduces her spirit time by a lot. The key in this matchup is to abuse the speed boost you get from phage to dodge tentacles. Make sure to get t2 boots and phage asap. If you dodge the smash from nearby tentacles thanks to W and her Q, you're bound to win the trade.
Post 6 if she ults you and she has fewer than 2 stacks of bleed, hit her with a Q, run away from the ult side. If she follows you can turn and fight. If she has 3 or more stacks, you can decide you think you can get a quick 5 and kill her.
Volcanuz1 votesTeemo, Panth, Galio, Urgot, trundle, Lulu, Nasus and i enjoy Varus top at times but people hate ADC top.
The thing is you need to enage/trade differently against an illaoi. I wait for her to waste her E then hard engage on her, but if you want a more passive lane to farm in you can still do that. Nasus works well as his Q procs off the tentacles giving him more stacks so you will stack up just as fast and it gives you more reason to kill them. Urgot can just out poke her and generally force her out of lane constantly (get boots early though).
Lulu is the best choice though i have seen. Not talking from experience but watching others play her top against illaoi shown me enough to understand she is a viable and strong pick against her to the point i have seen many Illaoi players AFK or just try lane swap against her.
EDIT: Yeah and Gnar.. can't believe i forgot about Gnar.
Squishie1 votes
you don't even need to be good lol.
GULAG 4 U1 votesI could be illaoi without too much problems with yasuo, since dodging her tentacles is easy on him. Yeah her ult is fcking bullshit though.
Stars Shaper1 votes doesn't need a lot fo explanation.
congratulation, you choose hard mode since dodging tentacles with him is preatty hard (even harder now) but if you happen to do so then she can't go face to face with you and after you reach mid/late game without feeding her (and getting ahead by famring or some kills) Morde becomes her nightmare and she becomes your tower-taking-ghost.
Bhagswag1 votesShen. I will play Shen vs any top laner. I used to be scared of top Darius. Until I punched one's face in.
ZT Xperimentor1 votesNasus can farm stacks off of her tentacles if he's patient.
taleofsonata1 votesDo you want to Beat her or Do you want to Farm Peacefully? Farming Pick Shen Beat Her Pick Quinn
Astôlfo1 votesQuinn is one of her hardest matchups I'd say. Darius is a pretty tough matchup unless the Illaoi is really good or the Darius is bad in which case he'll lose.
Noblewind1 votesPick Quinn VS all juggernaut champs (Illaoi, Darius, Garen) and you'll have a real fun time ;)
74632082_DEL1 votesAgainst illaoi you need to "execute" her when she gets below 25%. The reason for this is you can burst her pretty hard and it takes about 1 sec for her to get her ult off and start whacking the tentacles and she starts healing. Basically illaoi is like playing against voli in that you need an execute. So you can pick darius who is good in extended trades b/c his ult will kill her, garen for that matter. 
maybe cho too b/c his 300 true damage 
GULAG 4 U1 votes
play uber aggro, get level 2-3 FB, dodge tentacles and skillshots. If you fck up you're dead, since you're super squishy.
