As if her entire kit wasnt telegraphed and reliant on the enemy not know what Illaoi does.
She loses well over 3 tentacle hit damage on enemies.
Math: if before 10 tentacle slaps did 2000 damage, right now every tentacle slap after the first one does 50% damage. 200+(100×9)=1100. She loses 900 damage.
Please explain
Quepha3 votesBecause otherwise she'd have to be balanced around that 2tentacles1champ 200% damage scenario, meaning her single tentacle damage would have to be subpar, and that's a little extreme to say that Illaoi should only be fighting if two tentacles happen to spawn in the right place to swing at an enemy simultaneously.
If they deal full damage, then she must be balanced where multiple tentacles are necessary. If they deal reduced damage then she can be balanced where 1 tentacle is necessary while more tentacles are a bonus.
Pyrithegethon1 votesThis was a ninja nerf, it wasnt like this on release.
Twiggles3 votesI just re-watched the Illaoi champion spotlight video. From looking at the damage done to Gangplank by 3 tentacles compared to 1 during the demonstration of Illaoi's ultimate, I'm pretty sure the damage has always been reduced for each additional tentacle hitting the same target. As 3 hitting GP did about twice as much damage as 1.
Check at about the 4 minute mark.
Edit: Fixed the link. Had trouble inserting the video.
Twiggles1 votesEither you want Illaoi to do enough damage to instantly kill just about anyone, or you are confused about what is meant by "Tentacle hits beyond the first deal 50% damage."
What this means is that if 2 tentacles hit the same target at the same time, one of them will do half damage. If 3 hit at once, two of them will do half the damage of the first one each. In this way, 3 tentacles will do 2x the damage of 1 tentacle, and 5 tentacles will do 3x the damage of 1 tentacle.
If one tentacle hits someone multiple times, each hit will do as much damage as the first one.
The ability works this way so that when Illaoi ults it doesn't result in an instant ace. If you got a full team ult and each tentacle did 100% damage, then the enemy team would at the very least be massively chunked without having any time to react.