The Counter to Illaoi

trash sion··1 votes·584 views

Just dodge shit.

Q: sidestep. Like seriously. Just move to the side about the width of one Teemo, and you're safe.

W: sure, she'll get the initial damage off if you go in range. (If possible, don't). If you get hit by W, just follow the instructions for Q. Dodge those tentacles, bb

E: ever played against Blitz, Thresh, Naut? Then you know what to do for this. Stay behind minions If she does get your spirit, smack the shit out of her. If she keeps hitting your spirit, voila. You won a trade. If she doesn't, keep fighting until your spirit goes away. If for some reason she kills the spirit or you have to run away, kill dem tentacles. When they spawn, dodge then kill. Any tentacles in the lane count toward the 3 you need.

R: if she hits you with her ult, just disengage. Wait until the tentacles won't smack you every 2 seconds.

How to avoid some of her abilities:

Walk toward a tentacle on a wall. Back up. Good job, you just baited out her Q or E.

Proceed to win lane.

1 Comments

LuluInWonderland1 votes

My issues with her:

  1. Hitting her E tries to force a fight. This is fine. However, when it's not preferable to engage (i.e. under turret, when already behind, etc.), the only option is to run and face the penalty. That penalty is too strong. If in lane, you are forced to attack tentacles on the walls instead of farm. They spawn too frequently for you to back off and have them spawn in a safe area and kill them off, and get back to lane and farm decently. It also lasts way too long...maybe 30 seconds would be better?
  2. They need an icon to indicate when the curse ends. I remember checking for one and didn't see it.
  3. She's way too feast or famine. If she's behind, she does nothing. if she's ahead, she can 1v2 or 1v3 fairly easily. They just need to shift her power curves a little here.

Overall, she's not OP. Her E is just broken right now IMHO. Relax the curse a little, add a timer icon, and even out her power curves and she'll be fine.

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