I'm wondering why Illaoi has gone unnerfed in 8.1...?

the weeaboo·Jan 11, 2018·3 votes·1,156 views

Right now, for whatever reason, Illaoi is thriving in the top lane like she never has before

Maybe it's the fact that she can survive in the top lane poke meta. Maybe its the fact that as a melee she can chunk 1/3 a champs HP and zone them off of a wave, and her, completely with a single E. Maybe it the fact that post-6 shes basically ungankable. Maybe it's tha fact she has pretty uninteractive gameplay. Sound somewhat farmiliar? Oh yeah, I believe Heimer just got a huge nerf for mostly the same reasons (not complaining about those tho)

Whatever it is Illaoi is BROKEN. Right now she's sitting at a 52% winrate. Which, by the way, is 3/4% higher than Zoe which you all seem to hate. And I'm gonna come out and say it that I would take playing against a Zoe any day of the week if I had to choose between her and Illaoi.

It's time to nerf Illaoi

7 Comments

AFilthyCaitMainJan 11, 20182 votes

Shes thriving because everything in the meta is in line for her. Why would you nerf her for that?

-Klepto is still too good -Tanks are super meta -Bruisers are bad -Steraks is in a great place for her -Much needed bug fixes happened -and so on

But also,

-Illaoi has clear counterplay by punishable cooldowns and having no mobility or cc -Illaoi has clear counterpicks

Once they fix klepto, Illaoi should go back under the radar.

TTK DreadnoughtJan 11, 20181 votes

i honestly hate klepto while i understand its use with her. i'd rather just take electrocute for the extra burst damage.

I am PacmanJan 11, 20181 votes

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Shes thriving because everything in the meta is in line for her. Why would you nerf her for that?

-Klepto is still too good -Tanks are super meta -Bruisers are bad -Steraks is in a great place for her -Much needed bug fixes happened -and so on

But also,

-Illaoi has clear counterplay by punishable cooldowns and having no mobility or cc -Illaoi has clear counterpicks

Once they fix klepto, Illaoi should go back under the radar.

Pretty much this.

MrHaZeYoJan 11, 20182 votes

She's getting a skin, no nerfs for her for awhile.

TheProfezzorJan 11, 20182 votes

Maybe it's b/c she is getting a new skin :)

FourIsTheNumberJan 11, 20182 votes

Part of the reason is that short games means laning phase is most important, and no one dominates laning phase as hard as illaoi does.

zlumpyJan 11, 20181 votes

I haven't really played much in a long time but my geuss is she has very little map impact. You can simply avoid her since she has no mobility and then choose the best time to bring her down. Plus if you throw in a good disrupt jungle tank like Zac she ends up.having a pretty rough time of it.

But that's just my speculation on how she is balanced and is in no way concrete.