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Illaoi E is way too oppressive

GiraffeFactory·2/28/2019, 2:34:12 AM·4 votes·2,032 views

QQ thread incoming I know, but my god Illaoi's E is nuts. At least during lane phase.

If she hits it on you, your options feel very limited. You can try to run out of the tether, but then you get cursed and have to play a tentacle minigame while Illaoi is just over there farming away, and by the time the curse is over, her E is just about back up. Or, you can try and fight it out, but depending on the matchup, a good Illaoi will typically come out of the trade due to the healing and overall beefiness of her.

My biggest gripe with the ability is that it feels like if you get hit with it you're just fucked. I know, she landed her skillshot so she gets the rewards but it's just too oppressive to lane against. It just sucks that even if she kills the spirit, you get cursed. If you leave range, you get cursed. And the hitbox on it is massive considering the power it has.

I'm not even trying to say Illaoi is broken or OP. I know there's counterplay and I've even beaten Illaoi in lane before. But my god I think that E needs some serious tweaking. It has got to be one of the single most unfun abilities in the entire game for me to play against and idk why more people don't despise it.

9 Comments

Moody P2/28/2019, 3:57:36 AM5 votes

I cant think of a spell that has more counterplay.

You can side step it, block it with minions, you can fight her while Its up and directly reduce the echo damage she can do to you by damaging her, you can run away and minimize your damage and only lose a little CS in exchange. Anyone who multihits or DOTs her doesn't have to worry about the minigame at all and going on her when she hits E is a good way to bait or force her hot, which lets you disengage and goback in when its down, where she is basically helpless.

For all the ways you can beat Illaoi's minigame I think it deserves to be oppressive when you don't do any of it.

5050BS2/28/2019, 3:46:23 AM3 votes

Her is is THE SLOWEST Skill shot in the game.

It is also bugged to all getout. It is blocked by ANYTHING.

Ekko Q will block it and any Cast Projectile spell.

If you have level 1 Boots you can out run it in a straight line.

Jamaree2/28/2019, 2:42:17 AM1 votes

Then dodge it, it is a medium speed skillshot that doesn’t go through minions and by itself doesn’t do anything, its pay off in turn has to be strong to make up for its downsides.

Support Position2/28/2019, 7:56:01 AM1 votes

Minions block it. Use them. Stop engaging w/o a jungler.

Quepha2/28/2019, 8:01:57 AM1 votes

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If she hits it on you, your options feel very limited.

compared to every other skillshot that deals its damage and cc instantly on contact, providing a grand total of zero options.

5050BS3/7/2019, 12:25:17 AM1 votes

Just dodge it, block it with a sneeze, walk away from it, Attack her to lower its duration.

its so easy to deal with.