In regards to the upcoming Illaoi changes in the next patch
Where would lie the focus when she will get buffs after the change of her E ?
Meaning which parts of her kit will most likely see number improvements/ QoL changes in favour of her.
Because despite the removing of a lot of frustration from her E for the opposing player,
the decrease of the "theoretical" max ammount of tentacle spawns from one every ten seconds for the duration of at least 3 tentacles
down to 2 tentacles at level 1 to a max ammount of 4 tentacles at level 5 is a nerf.
Comparison :
- Old E: min Tentacles: 3 ; max Tentacles (no removal) : 10
- New E : min Tentacles (lvl 1) 2 ; max Tentacles (lvl 5) 4
Despite some QoL changes avoiding the tentacles is still way to easy and killing them might not remove the debuff but still eliminates the danger they present. Therefore her Vessel debuff might become quite an insignificant and ignorable state that the lane opponents have to go trough once in a while without being a real threat to them
Source: http://www.surrenderat20.net/p/69-pbe-cycle.html#balance
Tl; Dr
The Illaoi changes might be good for game health issues but also might lower the threat the vessel debuff has as it spawns less tentacles, which are still easy to dodge. Therefore im asking where she might see buffs if her power level will sink after the changes.