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Open Discussion on Illaoi

Lazypeon100·3/27/2016, 7:11:54 PM·1 votes·323 views

So I decided to make this thread because I happen to love this champion. I think her theme is cool, and I absolutely love zone control champions.

I wanted to try to figure out with other players their thoughts on her, and what should be done with her. I think an open discussion about Illaoi could help Riot with possible ideas or player perceptions they may not have had before.

Currently, in lower elo Illaoi is incredibly strong. Her entire kit has a huge burden of knowledge for the enemy player compared to most other champions in the game. This leads to her dominating games because she snow balls out of control while she fights an entire team.

In higher elos, this isn't the case. Players can play well enough to walk away from her when she ults, dodge her E, or simply just avoid tentacle attacks while earning extra gold in the process. Her team fighting capabilities are lacking unless she has a perfect set up, which forces her into split pushing.

So, what do you guys think should be done for her? She isn't popular or OP, but she is very strong in lower elos which makes her hard to balance and feel genuinely unfair to her enemies.

I persinally think they should increase her reliability by soeeding up tentacle attacks on vessels while reducing the hit box. Her hit box for her tentacle strikes hasn't ever been right and should be changed.

Meddlar also expressed that they were looking into changes for her E, which also seems like a giant part to her kit that needs to be addressed.

So, what are your thoughts? I would like to know your thoughts, and hopefully figure out what we want done with her.

4 Comments

DrNova3/27/2016, 7:15:28 PM2 votes

I think her abilities need to be sped up some.

I've not once seen ill do well.

Woook3r3/27/2016, 7:25:13 PM1 votes

I felt like she was blatent disrespect to low elo by the game designers. Her quotes, telling you to "move" are basically mockery because thats exactly what you know bronze players wont do to get out of her fucking way.

Shes designed to literally stomp the shit out of bronze and fail everywhere else. I fail to see how any game designer would think she could do well in plat or diamond, and do anything other than produce hilarious pentakills in bronze game after game as groups of melees try to face tank her during the ulti.

But whatever. I like immobile adc's which are hell to play in bronze without a premade or a providential support player. I could use some help climbing. Should learn this champ. Despite the theme of the design, I think shes a pretty interesting champion.