Dealing with Illaoi Top - Strategies

Bharhash·12/15/2015, 2:50:33 PM·3 votes·1,844 views

So while talking with a friend of mine earlier, I realized that fighting Illaoi is not wholly dissimilar from fighting Darius.

Both of them rely on their passives to win extended teamfights You need to dodge both of their Q's to break their pattern of sustain and damage Both have autoattack resets that reinforce their passive stacking Both have a pull that you need to dodge or risk getting thrashed

So we just need to learn and pick champs that counter those things.

11 Comments

Shuriman Curator12/15/2015, 4:59:32 PM2 votes

I played Vladimir the other day against an illaoi top. It was incredibly easy. They even rushed magic resist but I kept hitting her with my qvand out sustained her. Try him out haha

NoPaxt12/15/2015, 4:17:15 PM1 votes

XinZhao , Pantheon or DrMundo along with item 3123 and item 3102 Have been effective for me against her...

Old Man Teeto12/15/2015, 8:50:24 PM1 votes

Counterpick.

Avoid.

Fight her back if she grabs you with E.

Run like crazy when she ults.

Kite the shit out of her.

Ch0c0lateJesus12/15/2015, 9:04:16 PM1 votes

Learn Renekton

More reliable sustain.

Faster trades.

Very hard to force into an extended trade(the kind Illaoi likes)

Doesnt need mana, so he can mana starve her by trading freqently.

He doesnt have the same potential teamight strength as she does, but he can keep her on a tight leash for most of the game.

FioraWillCarry12/15/2015, 10:03:24 PM1 votes

I got shatted on by a Singed as top lane Illaoi. She's only really strong if you're stupid enough to engage her under tentacles.