Conqueror Nerf - RIP Illaoi 2015 - 2019

rtbf32900373·Feb 22, 2019·3 votes·2,761 views

TL;DR Illaoi's tentacles don't stack conqueror when they hit the target/spirit. All Riot need to do is make it so the tentacles stack conqueror when they hit the champion.

After the new conqueror changes completely gutted Illaoi, she now does 0 damage, and has 0 sustain. The old conqueror rune was the only way for her to be viable. Without it, she is now useless. Illaoi can only stack the conqueror rune with her auto attacks, manual Q, and W, hitting the spirit or target with tentacles does not stack conqueror

Before I was averaging 2k - 3k per match for conqueror, with the upper being 5k. Now I'm averaging 200-300 per match, a nerf of over 90%. Without the old conqueror, Illaoi loses 90% of her sustain and damage, to an already immobile champion that was easily outplayed and now she is useless.

Riot needs to change how conqueror works with Illaoi's tentacles, or she needs serious buffs.

9 Comments

Titanium70Feb 22, 20198 votes

Arent 9 out of 10 decent Illaoi players running KLEPTO????

RagnaveilFeb 23, 20191 votes

^ This. Why take a damage rune when you can take a rune that legit accelerates your build so you can bully people even more?

GreenKnightFeb 22, 20193 votes

Conqueror was used on Illaoi?

El HefeweizenFeb 22, 20192 votes

100% agree with OP. I'm seeing the same drop off in keystone utility. Klepto is IMO a noob trap. I tried grasp last night and it's half as good as conqueror was but 10x better than what conqueror is.

Warlord RhinarkFeb 22, 20191 votes

Okay, well, the solution is easy enough.

Just make her able to stack Conqueror off of the Vessel.

rtbf32900373Feb 22, 20191 votes

Conqueror on Illaoi meant she was amazing for the late game, with klepto she would fall off late-game, and the extra damage in the early game from conqueror made her really good and able to kill people in the laning phase. I don't like using klepto because you have to be really defensive and passive, and if you screw up her laning phase, Illaoi is completely useless for the rest of the game with klepto.

rtbf32900373Feb 22, 20191 votes

Her biggest issue is needing the tentacles to stack conqueror. If her tentacles hitting the target/spirit stack conqueror, she will be fine again.

ChaosReynFeb 22, 20191 votes

You're funny...the real Illaoi god-rune is Glacial Augment. They take every tentacle slap when they're slowed like that, so they don't dodge 70% of your combo's damage potential. Plus, it allows you to combo better: W/E/Auto (them, for more damage, since they cant leave)/Q and because of the slow, your tentacle from your W proc is basically sure to hit them, and your Q is easier to line up hitting both them and their soul, even if they manage to get enough distance that the tentacle from the E proc only hits their soul. Plus, with Glacial, you can more consistently attack the actual champion instead of their soul since they cant really run away from you, meaning you're dealing more damage than just attacking their soul.

Expect it to be nerfed, now that I've given away the forbidden knowledge.