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Lets talk Illaoi. Thoughts and opinions?

CrazyPhill·1/18/2016, 4:15:40 PM·1 votes·1,250 views

First I would like to say that the opinions you're about to read are from a Diamond 5 baddy.

Ever since illaoi has been released I've played the majority of my game with her and I personally love her kite and design. With that said, I believe she is in a bad place right now compared to what other top laners can bring the to table. Almost every time I've received a kill or double kill top lane is when the jungler/laner makes a mistake and I get the feeling that most people don't know how to deal with her. It wasn't so much my own mechanics that prevailed, it was them screwing up themselves. Not only that her pre 6 is one of the weakest I've seen. She easy to gank with little kill pressure that she needs the creep wave to be next to her tower majority of the time vs jungle/top match ups.

BUT! With all the negativity out the way I will say there is no greater feeling then getting a 4/5 man ultimate off and slapping your opponents to death. Especially when you've completed your IBG and Sterak's Gage . I haven't had this much fun with a champion in a while and she really spark my interest playing more league.

So what are your guys opinion on my waifu Illaoi? Am I completely wrong and she needs a nerf? Does she need some adjustments in some areas to make her more competitive in higher elo? Or is she in a good place right now?

10 Comments

Z Statistic1/18/2016, 4:23:03 PM2 votes

Her Tentacles are deceptively strong, and the way her E multiplies aoe damage encourages her to E targets in the middle of a teamfight as opposed to testing them in a pick or as an initiation.

I would be ok with E damage back loading instead of as you dealt the damage.

Spicy Rice1/18/2016, 4:31:37 PM1 votes

I think she is fine atm. She has clear areas of strength (inside her tentacle forest), and clear areas of weakness (outside her tentacle forest).

The only problem i might have with her is how spammable her e is, but its honestly not that big of a problem.

Penns1/18/2016, 4:34:16 PM1 votes

Illaoi feels about as useful to play as every adc that doesnt get fed enough to snowball the whole game.

And playing adc feels pretty much like this: 2 items LB? Oneshot. Full armor Malphite that was feeding in lane? Oneshot. Anything that is not the enemy adc? Oneshot. So yeah

Erockandroll1/18/2016, 4:46:07 PM1 votes

She has good zone of control, opponents can work around that zone of control, her E is overrated, probably a little less than a Darius Apprehend or a Blitz grab in terms of actual killability.

Vekkna1/18/2016, 4:56:51 PM1 votes

I can't do anything with her on the 5s map after lane. I shut down a Darius in lane the other day and was 3 levels up, and he still came back and dominated the game. In fact, he basically abandoned lane altogether and started clearing jungle camps and roaming the map.

On the 3v3 map, however, Illaoi is an utter nightmare. I have no idea why she isn't 100% ban on TT.

Cartoon Nocturne1/18/2016, 5:09:14 PM1 votes

Every time I see a post about Illaoi, I think about how much fun it would be if her Tentacle-spawning vessel thing was like... literally any other ability. Would have more fun if it was replaced with Tryn's ult or some ungodly compilation of all of Teemo's abilities rolled into one or maybe a Blitz grab or literally absolutely anything else.

I just want to recall and get back to playing league of legends instead of playing "run around and dodge the tentacle" for 3 minutes. Just kill me and put me out of my misery or end the fking ability and let me play my damn game. Christ.

AyRe CoNteMpT1/18/2016, 4:21:59 PM1 votes

shes fine, next topic

Maximum Morde1/18/2016, 5:13:16 PM1 votes

Illaoi is to explicit to be buffed without Rito having to change their game rating to M.