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League of Legends Champion IllaoiIllaoi is in the s tier of champions

Illaoi

FighterTank
Illaoi is a fighterRolefighter
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Prophet of an Elder God abilityp
Tentacle Smash abilityq
Harsh Lesson abilityw
Test of Spirit abilitye
Leap of Faith abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Illaoi Build

based on 85,342 matches
Win Rate
52.3 %
Pick Rate
7.2 %
Ban Rate
22.8 %

How We Come Up with Our Illaoi Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Illaoi build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Illaoi builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Illaoi core items and runes for any situation.

Illaoi Build Summary

Illaoi is a pretty good top lane champion in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Resolve Precision. Adding the selected runes shown below in your Illaoi build will give you the additional stats to guarantee she plays well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. Illaoi players should focus on leveling up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Illaoi

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Chain VestKindlegem

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletSterak's GageHullbreakerMercury's Treads

Optional Items

MuramanaFimbulwinterGuardian AngelRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upq
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upe
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Illaoi Matchups Overview

Illaoi is Weak Against

HeimerdingerHeimerdinger43.1% winrateYorickYorick44.4% winrateKayleKayle45.4% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.2% winrate

Illaoi is Strong Against

WukongWukong62.1% winrateJaxJax58.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.9% winrateOlafOlaf57.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Amumusupport+ 56.4% 610 GamesSkarnerjungle+ 56.5% 322 GamesKarthusbottom+ 56.6% 500 GamesCassiopeiamiddle+ 56.7% 898 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Illaoi Players

Tips and Tricks

Spreading your tentacles around the map is a good strategy. You can then use Harsh Lesson to command all tentacles within range to attack her target.

Use Leap of Faith when there are multiple enemies nearby so that you spawn the max number of tentacles. This can dramatically shift a teamfight because the tentacles deal a lot of damage.

Illaoi FAQs

Q: What is Illaoi's greatest strength?

A: Illaoi does great in teamfights. She deals a lot of AoE damage and heals based on the number of enemies hit. She is sometimes more unkillable in teamfights than in 1:1 engagements. She just needs to survive long enough between her tentacle strikes to heal back up again. Including some tank or other HP items in your Illaoi build will help her dominate team combat.

Q: What is Illaoi's greatest weakness?

A: Illaoi's damage and survivability depend on her having tentacles nearby. During the laning phase, these can be knocked out relatively easily by ranged champions. During the roaming phase of the game, she won't often stay long enough in one spot to build up enough tentacles to be terrifying. While her Ult will spawn additional tentacles for each nearby champion, it isn't a sure thing and has a long cooldown.

Additional Illaoi Build Insights

LoL Illaoi players could find her to be a complex champ to build out properly. You will find that her build varies when she is playing against either well-rounded or specialized team comps, indicating you should not follow the same Illaoi build every round of League of Legends

The most critical items to incorporate into your champion's build include: Iceborn Gauntlet, Sterak's Gage, and Hullbreaker. Players who added these items in their kits had a much better win rate than those who used other Illaoi builds. Moreover, if you are trying to beat a well-mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing her the Resolve, and Precision runes. In recent games, she won the greatest number of her games when built with these runes.

We established our Illaoi build guidance by examining 85,342 recently ranked LoL rounds with her selected. We only propose the highest winrate Illaoi builds that have been built by ranked League players enough times for us to propose them. With so many games in our dataset, we are very confident in our provided builds.