PSA: If Illaoi hits you with her E, fight her.

Electro522·Dec 20, 2018·7 votes·3,957 views

Damage done to her by the champ who is cloned reduces the duration of the clone.

I've seen many people that don't know about this, and simply try to get out of the range of the clone asap, when they don't know that fighting her during this time is actually one of the best times to fight her.

Granted, this is easier said than done, especially when she has her ult. If the Illaoi is actually competent, she'll use the clone as bait for you, then just ult and kill you.

However, from my experience in low elo, most Illaois tunnel on the clone, allowing you to get free damage in.

Hope you learned something today!

33 Comments

SteingeirdanDec 20, 201815 votes

Mmmmmmm, how about no.

90% of her damage comes from her landing her E.

KVbqbFsC8eDec 20, 201811 votes

Most melee champions cannot trade against her so it is usually best to just walk away if it hits you.

Moody PDec 20, 20181 votes

Stop lying

Power CosmicDec 20, 201810 votes

That is hardly true bc she will Q both you and the spirit if you come to her, which really hurts, then quickly W either one of you... then can kite and Q either one of you again... If 6 she will ult and kill you if you come to fighter her on her E. You are completely wrong and should delete post so you don't misinform people.

Moody PDec 20, 20181 votes

Then don't walk at her in a way that lets her easily hit you and your ghost

Why do people who are obviously terrible at fighting Illaoi talking about how to fight her?

Power CosmicDec 20, 20181 votes

First off, I wasn't trying to be rude and only helpful. What I said in my reply was not an opinion.

Illoai can move too and mirror your movements, and she is already in an advantageous position by you having to come to her in the first place.

Moody PDec 20, 20181 votes

Illaoi tentacles and spirit are static in position and tentacles are guaranteed to swing directly at the spirit on the first automatic swing. You have a full second to be anywhere except their strike zones before you get hit by then

Illaoi also freezes herself multiple times to cast her spells and literally every fighter in the game can engage during E and hit her before she can move and before the tentacles can even start acting. The only champions who should find themselves struggling are tanks because she's explicitly designed around countering tanks.

EedatDec 20, 20186 votes

Most of the time the absolute worst time to fight Illaoi is right after she lands her E actually. Makes it easy to get the double tentacle slams on you.

Pandemic PunchDec 20, 20184 votes

Specify the champions that can utilize this tip. This is not something a full tank would want to do or a champion who doesn't deal enough damage to make it more worth it to just walk away.

I do know that AP Singed can utilize this tip extremely well. He can flip, poison, and run around for about one more second for the clone to disappear.

Moody PDec 20, 20183 votes

yeeeees

fight me

Electro522Dec 20, 20182 votes

It also fits in very nicely with her character. She forces you to make a choice, and if you cower away, you get punished for it.

ßurstDec 20, 20183 votes

I mean if your aa range is less than 250 get ready for tons of damage then lmaoooo

InfernapeDec 20, 20182 votes

Then again when she hits 6, doing so would be the worst thing you could do. Her E spirit counts as a champion, so if she presses R, she will summon an extra tentacle, more than likely resulting in your death.

Electro522Dec 20, 20181 votes

Depends on the champ your playing. Gnar can still reliably fight her even with her ult up.

The EcdysiastDec 20, 20182 votes

Just to clarify, that doesn't count as severing the tie, right?

Electro522Dec 20, 20181 votes

No. That's walking out of range, or her killing the clone. If the clone duration runs out before she kills it, the slow and tentacle spawning doesn't happen.

AlzonDec 20, 20182 votes

“PSA: If Illaoi hits you with her E, let her hit both you and the clone with Q and nearby tentacle slams from W. Sincerely, Not-Illaoi.”

SwiftKitten88Dec 20, 20181 votes

good info. i havent played top lane in forever, but its good to know when she is the opposing team when she does land it on me

The entire teamDec 20, 20181 votes

Yep. I use to think that every time the clone was struck, the duration would lower. Thank you for saying that clarification.

AbyssmalHydraDec 20, 20181 votes

You go in, she presses R, she wins.

MoonscourgeDec 20, 20181 votes

The counterplay to this champ is literally.. walking out of E and R range of her.

wolf jadeDec 20, 20181 votes

Only champ i do it with is darius. You e her in to w and q and aa in to ult she is dead. But i just run on any other champ

nelogisDec 20, 20181 votes

So you're saying instead of being smart and running away to prevent most damage I could just go in and basically suicide?

Last time I checked this strategy was called inting

xDogMeatxDec 20, 20181 votes

teemo can face her if he wipes her tentacle then focuses movespeed/blind even if he gets hurt it still has certain defense shes gotta face. kiting is the weapon in these situations or use fiora and basically go GOD OF WAR ON HER and say some kratos like lines while your at it. or use jax and show you dont give a F about her W skill attack with your counterattack/ult/conqueror. 2ndly why dont minions have Souls to illaoi yet thresh indicates they do have souls i am confused about that part speaking logic/lorewise???

Cats Are FoodDec 20, 20181 votes

PSA: Fighting Illaoi while you've a clone on the board means taking damage from two sources, and fighting while crippled.

Easier to run off, dodge one attack by a tentacle and stand next to it. It won't attack again, and wont spawn more. (There are designated spawn points. Staying next to one keeps others from spawning from her E.)