Illaoi's E and Poison effects

ModBianca Colt·9/16/2018, 12:37:58 PM·40 votes·15,130 views

Can we take a moment to talk about how poison (or any other DoT for that matter) affects the duration of Illaoi's E? I like playing Illaoi and it gets extremely frustrating when, for example, Singed's poison literally burns through my E's duration just because I touched it slightly. Example:

Enemies standing in the cloud's trail are poisoned for 2 seconds, taking magic damage every 0.25 seconds for the duration

...which means that a single instance of his poison will reduce Illaoi's E duration by 8 seconds in just 2 seconds.

Basically, every time the target of Illaoi's E hits Illaoi, the duration of her E (active spirit on the field) decreases by 1 second. Same applies to DoT effects, which make it impossible for your E to survive for more than 2 seconds at best.

Can we do something about that? Can we make it so that DoT effects don't have as much power at decreasing her E's duration? I know she's not the most popular champion at the moment, but this would at least be a nice buff for her without messing with her numbers at all.

49 Comments

0 Hogapu9/16/2018, 1:09:14 PM7 votes

Change the way enenmies can interact with Vessels. atm, it is all about hitting a lot of times the Vessel, and not about hitting a lot. It feels strange, and it isn't fair for many matchups

Destello Azul9/16/2018, 5:31:58 PM7 votes

You think is unfair, I think is counter-play.

SugeMinPikk9/17/2018, 12:27:54 AM5 votes

That's called a counterpick. And champs with DoTs tend to be unable to 1v1 her anyway; it just allows them to survive

"CAN WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT POPPY COMPLETELY NEGATING MY E I THINK IT'S JUST ABSURD" Camille

DeusVult9/16/2018, 5:09:12 PM5 votes

this is meant to happen though, to encourage the opponent to fight illaoi. If there was no reason to turn and fight her once she hits the E, she could poke just about every champ out of lane, and if they hard engage her she has enough tankiness and DPS to survive most of the time. Giving her opponents the option to fight her allows them to surive lane and not turn Illaoi into a 100% ban for top lane

invisiblecat19/16/2018, 11:21:58 PM3 votes

I think its kinda cool how champions who have poison can become strong Illaoi counters because of this interaction

Although this is a little excessive and needs to be changed, I still would like to see poison champions being a strong counterpick

Hibeki9/16/2018, 8:05:30 PM3 votes

I disagree I think multi hit abilities are supposed to be a weakness.

Child of the Pit9/16/2018, 10:37:08 PM2 votes

Numba, i miss u <3

YoungFarmer9/16/2018, 7:38:22 PM2 votes

I honestly just wish it had some sort of duration indicator.

I hate when I'm killing a soul and it just times out when its 1 hit away, sometimes that really fucks me over. I think it should slowly fade or something as it reaches the end of its duration, that or have a timer ring around it like yasuo has with targets he dashes too.

Or like urgots ultimate.

Shadow Hazard9/16/2018, 10:28:06 PM1 votes

Ya that is how I found out the way the illaoi vs darius match up goes with his passive....

Phhase9/16/2018, 9:21:27 PM1 votes

Thanks, now I know how to counter Illaoi.

Burn in hell!

Jinzo Torrance9/16/2018, 5:24:17 PM1 votes

It doesn't apply to all DoT lol It only applies to some AoE ability that keep doing damage like Singed Q or Galio Q and you usually walk out of that damage zone

5050BS9/17/2018, 11:32:23 AM1 votes

Its one of 10's of bugs Illaoi has.

Like a bunch of champs, riot will spend ZERO time addressing them because they are not LC$ champs.

WAZZZUP5009/17/2018, 12:36:12 PM1 votes

Thanks for letting me know how to counterplay Illaoi as Mordekaiser

[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Seiferoth9/17/2018, 1:41:46 PM1 votes

I miss Old Swain for fighting Illaoi o no she e'd me, let's throw my dots on her [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

LeftyRaydy9/17/2018, 3:35:41 PM1 votes

If only Illaoi had a more consistent counter to her E. That thing is so potent if she gets ahead and does half your health or more in free damage.

DorkunedAuras9/17/2018, 11:33:07 PM1 votes

I wouldn't be surprised if a Rioter sees this and forces you to change your name