Riot Has Forgotten About Illaoi

9L9L9L9L9L9L9L·Mar 28, 2016·6 votes·3,446 views

I feel like Riot has forgotten about like how they have forgotten about from Season 3 to Season 5. So when are they going to notice and give her the changes she needs.

23 Comments

BastionKrossMar 28, 20163 votes

A red left a comment a short while ago that stated they were internally testing major changes to her E so that the duration of being a vessel is much shorter, but tentacles spawn quicker to compensate.

RiotMeddlerMar 28, 20165 votes

Those are still being tested, with a potential ship date of 6.8. 'Major changes' might be overselling them though, we're still determining whether to make medium sized changes now or smaller changes with a subsequent followup.

PapaGreg21Mar 28, 20162 votes

I would be thrilled if you guys buffed her as long as you got rid of some of the more frustrating parts of her kit. I think she is underpowered and needs buffs but her curse ruins all fun from the game for me. I feel like the curse should be something for those that can't escape the tether in time. As somebody that loves playing Sejuani and Nautilus, I spend 50% of the game getting cursed and recursed because my fat character model is so easy to land that spell on.

BeoridasMar 28, 20161 votes

it doesnt have to be a choice tho. If she needs a medium sized change and then follow ups, then that is what she needs no?

Krys StarMar 28, 20161 votes

Is there a chance you guys will give her tentacles a chance to attack random targets instead of only whoever is a vessel and whoever Illaoi uses W on? I find it frustrating as hell when her tentacles just idle there, doing nothing half of the time.

SuperLuigiLXIVMar 28, 20161 votes

That's kind of the point. Also, those tentacles hurt WAY too much to be allowed a factor of randomness.

Meep ManMar 28, 20161 votes

I hope those changes go through. They would solve most of the problems the community has with her (they feel her E prevents farming for too long). Reducing the duration and making tentacles spawn faster is a kill two birds with one stone thing. Both a buff and a decrease in annoyance.

DreadlocksMar 28, 20163 votes

I feel like her E or W needs a slow... Not a huge slow, but something... Her animations are so long that some kind of a slow would make casting feel less punishing..

5050BSMar 28, 20161 votes

Her INSAINTLY slow animations are a huge problem.

There are bugs with interaction between her W and other champs abilities.

XantakMar 28, 20161 votes

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I feel like her E or W needs a slow... Not a huge slow, but something... Her animations are so long that some kind of a slow would make casting feel less punishing..

If her W gains a slow, wouldn't that make the ability pretty much Trundle's bite, but with a longer range?

QuephaMar 28, 20161 votes

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If her W gains a slow, wouldn't that make the ability pretty much Trundle's bite, but with a longer range?

trundle bite also doesn't close the gap or trigger tentacle slaps.

5050BSMar 28, 20161 votes

And yet Illaoi does not build AS like Trundle

And its not like other champs have abilities that are like other champs abilities....

EnvyDragonMar 31, 20161 votes

You could always build Iceborn Gauntlet.

MLDzXnRRRMar 28, 20162 votes

She is balanced with clear strengths and weaknesses.

QuephaMar 28, 20163 votes

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She is balanced with clear strengths and weaknesses.

The problem is that all her strengths pay off only against players with poor understanding of Illaoi, or those who have unusually high ping, while all of her weaknesses are easily exploited by anyone who has played against Illaoi even one time before as long as they have under 150 ping.

NazzadanMar 28, 20161 votes

Yeah, as fun as it is to ult someone with a ghost out and catch them off guard with the damage, better players just walk away when you ult. She needs some serious work.

MunchCrunchLunchMar 29, 20161 votes

she has one of the highest damage dealts in the game and shes a juggernaut. the highest damage dealt as a juggernaut. while she might need buffs. I do hope they do not buff her damage. if they give her qol buffs and some tweaks I do hope they reduce her scalings from ad to bonus ad or reduce the ratios because she still does a lot of damage whether people like to admit or not.

a good place to start is to completely remove her ultimate . its dumb as shit. illaoi ulted? well. am just gonna walk away from it lol. what the hell? I mean who desgined it. and give her a new one. and give her a challenge. make her E work with a perma slow while inside. but goes away when you get out of the circle instead of becomming a vessle. because nobody wants to lane against illaoi that spams E every 15 seconds and it takes you 30 to get rid of

ElwynnMar 28, 20162 votes

her animations are long? Her spirit grab thing whatever its called is near undodgeable if youre a melee. A good illaoi will toss it at you whenever you walk up for a cs.

Muted SummonerMar 28, 20162 votes

Shes pretty meh. She needs some kind of slow at least when she W's. She needs a stun or slow otherwise you can just walk away from her. She is just a pub stomper. Good players will dominate her.

Ricky Spanish DCMar 29, 20162 votes

The thing is, Illaoi doesn't need buffs. Her damage an - tankyness are huge. She needs changes. Her kit as a whole is unpredictable and inconsistent. Her e is a cool mechanic/idea but it is executed weirdly. Being a vessel should do something other than randomly spawn tentacles for 1 really annoying, pointless minute.

Ant ReformedMar 28, 20161 votes

I have been duoing with an Illaoi main, she is ok. If she got major buffs she would just be like any of the other OP champions they made s5-s6 with all of poor balancing changes.

exe3Mar 28, 20161 votes

Illaoi was weird. She came out with no fanfare (no teasers or hypefactor or anything like other champions get, she might have been mentioned in a lore event but I didn't read it) and was quickly forgotten. I'd say the lack of build-up for her release and the fact that she doesn't really do that much gameplay wise has lead to her being forgotten.

XantakMar 28, 20161 votes

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Illaoi was weird. She came out with no fanfare (no teasers or hypefactor or anything like other champions get, she might have been mentioned in a lore event but I didn't read it) and was quickly forgotten. I'd say the lack of build-up for her release and the fact that she doesn't really do that much gameplay wise has lead to her being forgotten.

There is that as well. Oh, they had plenty for Jhin, and Sol, but nothing for Illaoi.