Illaoi is the fairest champion in the game

Moody P·Nov 4, 2018·3 votes·1,034 views

Fact.

I don't think there's even a close second that comes anywhere near how much room Illaoi gives her opponents to play around her. I might argue she's actually too fair.

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Noor SakataNov 4, 20183 votes

Yeah except that she doubles kill your jungler and your top laner every time and after getting hit by her E , her Tentacles things that follow you hit you even when dodging sometimes

Moody PNov 4, 20182 votes

A champion rewarded for landing some of the most telegraphed and easily avoided skillshots in the game is fair.

Noor SakataNov 4, 20183 votes

Doesn't that mean Ahri and Lux are much more fair then?

Moody PNov 4, 20182 votes

what is your standard for "more" fair?

lux and ahri land 1 skillshot and will almost guaranteed gib you. Illaoi can lose even 1v1 despite landing E because tentacles can be avoided easily even under her ult if you understand her timing. Illaoi has to land multiple delayed skillshots to win and she can't CC you in place to guarantee any of them. she is fairer.

Noor SakataNov 4, 20183 votes

I mean , they both depend on a skill shot that is pretty easy to dodge " tho Lux can slow you at times to land it and Ahri can dash to land " but still they are skill shots Especially Lux , everything is skillshots in her kit , even her shield , also they don't guarantee kill you in early , they don't have enough damage for it and they get countered by MR for late game

as for Illaoi , I really don't think her E is easy to dodge when you engage on her usually, every time you gank her , getting hit by her is a must , her Q can be dodged yeah but some champions are immobile and they can't do it , and idk , when she ults a lot of Tentacles appear and it's near impossible to dodge them all , not sure where do they appear from

MordepoolNov 4, 20181 votes

Difference is you still have complete control of your champion after Illaoi lands her much more Telegraphed ability

TheSingularityNov 4, 20181 votes

She's an anti engage champion who struggles to do the opposite (so start an engage) due to her shit gap closer and lack of hard CC.

Look at heim, darius and urgot. They're the same. If you and a jungler run at them. You are doing all of the hard work for them

Noor SakataNov 4, 20181 votes

Yeah to be honest , I won't deny that ,she needs to flash always to engage every time , that's why she is never viable in pro play I don't disagree with the OP about her being balanced , but about being the fairest , a little argument needs to be done here xD

I mean , it doesn't feel fair laning against her with a lot of champions , she zones you out of farm the whole time that even farming under tower becomes hard so a gank is needed , and when you gank her , you know what happens but I don't dislike playing against her since she feels like a lane bully like Darius , you can handle them outside of lane but my problem is even as Riven or Fiora , the last 2 times I played against her she bought item 2033 , dodged her skillshots " Except E " but left on low hp and got zoned during the whole laning and couldn't do shit that I had to leave top , and her E Passive made it worse when her tentacles things hit because the hit box is sometimes bugged otherwise she is pretty balanced imo

TheSingularityNov 5, 20181 votes

If you're struggling, my gold brain shall offer advice as I've got her down to a science. Used to main her buiilding full AD, and obliterated everyone who wasn't yasuo at the time. Watching my E bring any champion down to 10% HP was beautiful...

Riven and fiora aren't very good match ups for you. As their kits do half of my job, for me. Getting into range. Champions who outshove, out damage or outlast illaoi are far superior. Yorick, sion and darius out last and push her. Kled and urgot out damage her. Most of them have similar styles, make illaoi come to me and I will just keep running away. Kled wins where fiora/riven don't because of skarrl and his E, which he can use to dodge her slam combos reliably while also being able to restock his health bar in an instant.

Her E. Obviously evasion is the best option but it's never as simple as that. If she does get you with it early, fight. But consider your positioning. You need to make illaoi choose between you and the spirit. She won't have the damage to pop it quickly at this stage but if you mess this up, it will be very unfavorable for you. If you're not confident with this approach, then just run, let the E proc and proceed with below. If she gets it off, spawn a tent, leave it alive then sit next to it. It won't slap again unless illaoi uses W on you/a minion near you. Wait out the E then kill it.

Post 6 it's simple in concept but more complicated in execution. You need one item in particular item 3123 . If you don't buy this, you're throwing. Ninja tabi will also help here. The plan here, is to bait her ultimate. Run head on so landing an E is easy. Since she has landed E, illaoi will certainly ult if you're now in range But since you're only there to bait it, you should now have the spells needed to disengage and escape. She now has no ult, no E and you hopefully didn't lose a crap tonne of HP. She's now all yours because she is nothing without her R