@RIOT : What's your stance on Jungle Illaoi?

Varnoc·2/8/2016, 5:50:25 PM·2 votes·856 views

Just thinking about her character, and her belief in "motion" as a central tenant, I think she'd fit well there.

That being said, in my tests she struggles on the initial clear, and seeing as she provides so little utility throughout the game, it feels... wrong.

I know I may burn for saying it, but since Illaoi is on the weaker side of things (come on guys, you can straight out avoid 80% of her damage by walking), are jungling improvements a possibility in the future for her? I'd be happy to discuss possibilities if anyone's interested.

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alasarcher2/8/2016, 5:56:35 PM2 votes

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Just thinking about her character, and her belief in "motion" as a central tenant, I think she'd fit well there.

That being said, in my tests she struggles on the initial clear, and seeing as she provides so little utility throughout the game, it feels... wrong.

I know I may burn for saying it, but since Illaoi is on the weaker side of things (come on guys, you can straight out avoid 80% of her damage by walking), are jungling improvements a possibility in the future for her? I'd be happy to discuss possibilities if anyone's interested.

Why would you burn for saying it? Everyone agrees that Illaoi is one of weakest releases in recent history of lol. Reason why she is banned so much is that people dont want her in their team. She doesnt fit anywhere, except MAYBE support. She doesnt really do well in jungle due to random spawning of her tentacles.

legionnaire992/8/2016, 5:54:19 PM1 votes

idk why you feel that she is in a bad spot she like the rest of the jugs Darius Garen Mordekaiser Skarner HIGH HIGH HIGH damage but it also easy to avoid

SoundChaosDebug2/8/2016, 5:57:21 PM1 votes

I tried her jungle on the PBE and the passive was 99% useless, when you go into lane you have no passive tentacles to harass with and any ones that do spawn are wasted in the jungle.

Solaris Yuna2/8/2016, 9:22:07 PM1 votes

My issue for her would totally be mobility! For a gank they would have to pushed sooo far up lane if Illaoi has a chance of doing something.

Quepha2/8/2016, 10:41:35 PM1 votes

I don't think her kit would ever work well in the jungle. She wants her tentacle pit to be able to deal damage and you can't just produce that in a lane you're just now entering for a gank unless you spend your ult. Her biggest weakness is the enemy running away from her which the enemy will already do the moment they see her stroll out of the jungle with no ms boosts and a very low range gap closer. She also has the intended weakness of always giving away part of her presence with her tentacles being visible in the fog of war. The enemy is capable of knowing her position at almost any point in the game which would make counterjungling a breeze and ganking not really possible at all.

You may think her 'ebb and flow' talk lends her to being a jungler but she would just need a completely different kit for that to work at all.