Riot games. Illaoi. Just removed her. Don't nerf. Just remove. Stupidest, most broken champion in game. I don't know what you guys were thinking. I didn't know they let you drink on the job. The fact alone, that her damage, (which is inhuman) scales off health?? You cant beat her. In every game that I have played since she came out. I have seen a illaoi 1v5 and win easy. Just remove her. This isn't a joke.
Mister Wont3 votesActually this is kind of a joke :P sounds like you haven't adopted the strategy to play around her yet. A few things to keep in mind:
She is a juggernaut. She does damage, and the trade off is next to no mobility or CC. This is true for Illaoi. Complaining that Illaoi does tons of damage is like complaining why you Gnar gets so tanky during mega form, or complaining that Jax wins in a 1v1. It's how their champion is designed, and Illaoi is no different, and anything from broken.
She is heimerdinger. Literally, that's a good way of thinking about it. Do people dive into heimerdinger when he has three turrets up? That usually ends up in tears. Same goes with Illaoi. Does she have two tentacles nearby? If so, either kill the tentacles or wait for her to advance to a new location. She is not an initiation juggernaut like Skarner, she is zone-control. Do **not **fight on her turf. If you must, hopefully you've brought a champion that can take her out of her turf, like Lee Sin, or Alistar in teamfights, or Janna, or Tristana, etc. A good way to deal with Illaoi is to take her out of her zone.
If Illaoi gets a great ult off in lane, or even trying to start a teamfight, what the hell is keeping you there? Do you charge in guns blazing against every raid boss? No, that'd be stupid. There is strategy - times when you must engage, and times when the boss is obviously stronger. Keep in mind that the ult, even if it hits, will actually do nothing until there is a spirit/vessel nearby, or with Illaoi's W. So that being said, her all-in pattern is very predictable. If you're going in for a trade and you see her pull your spirit in close range, now might be a good time to back off. You can even reengage the fight afterwards if she only hits the vessel, summoning a total of one measly tentacle.
Kill tentacles when you can. Seriously, they're two hits. If Illaoi W's you and you've already hit the tentacle, you'll kill it fast enough to where it won't respond.
I play a lot of Illaoi because she's hellaoi amounts of fun, and so I can say, "Ayyyy Lmaoi" after I get a kill. Playing her as much as I have, I've seen many champions work to a large amount of success to beat her. Champions include:
Champions I am curious about are:
I can understand why you're upset. Illaoi is a counter to all-in champions, and you always need to think twice when you dive. Being an Ekko main myself, it can get bothersome that no matter how many little outplays I do, she can sit there and take a beating. **But that is what Riot intended, and there are ways to play around it.**Illaoi is a straight solo-q crushinatrix - almost all juggernauts are. But there's a reason why in Champion.gg she has one of the worst win rates as a top laner (I believe it's 3rd worst, or 4th). There's a reason despite so many people whining over Darius being broken and yet in professional play he was shut down almost ever time. I know this isn't the LCS, but you can certainly learn a thing or two.
The way I see it, there might be a small adjustment to damage, but not too much because she is keeping her juggernaut status. So you have two options: you can A) keep complaining about a champion you refuse to adjust your playstyle too and have less fun in the game, or B) respect a champion's potential, and by doing so you'll find weak spots and learn to work around her.
For your sake, I hope it's the latter.
Happy playing and happy holidays!
Ralanr3 votesNot really your game.
TeemoJenkins2 votesYour argument lost some velocity when you use the word "stupidest". If people are 1v5'ing Illaoi and aren't winning, you're doing it wrong.
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=The8east+
As expected Illaoi wasn't second or third in damage to champs... just another bad player crying because he doesn't know how to counter play.
Mister Wont1 votesOh cool, another Jenkins :D
TheCeeJay2 votesPlease tell me what damage on Illaoi scales off health though.
Jbels2 votesLook at me, I don't like something Riot made. That gives me the right to start bossing them around with bullshit orders to remove said something Riot made. Get a damn clue.
