PSA: Junglers, if an Illaoi is pushing top, gank her pre 6!
I don't understand why every game I play melee vs Illaoi, I'm fine in lane until I either get ganked or have to otherwise base when she doesn't and she pushes the wave in. Once she has it pushed, she gets free harass and endless grabs under tower (so you can't even CS under tower).
So why is it, that with an illaoi permanently pushed pre-6 for 10minutes, no escapes, not yet tanky, and no ult, does every jungler still completely ignore her?
It's one of the easiest ganks in the game, and it changes your top laner from a sitting duck getting under 40% CS to someone that can actually be relevant...
Like, the champion is not broken. Even once she has ult she's easily gank-able (come behind her, bait her ult, use your mobility ability to get away, then come back 10sec later...). And even if you don't get the kill on her, simply forcing her off of your tower makes the lane even again. Like I said, it's EASY to lane against Illaoi (even as melee) when she's not pushed in to your tower. You can use minions to intercept her grabs. You can dodge everything else. It's only once she somehow has you pushed in (which inevitably will happen eventually because she has good pushing power and a simple gank will push you back even if you don't use any summoners) and she's suddenly harassing you constantly under tower if you try to last hit at all, and clearing each new wave as soon as it arrives.
So please junglers, take advantage of her immobility. Take advantage of her being without ult. Take advantage of her being perma-pushed to tower for 10min... let your top laner actually play league of legends and not dodge the tentacle all game long...