Blitzcrank vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Blitzcrank
based on 2,677 Blitzcrank vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Illaoi
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Blitzcrank vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Blitzcrank against Illaoi counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Illaoi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Illaoi?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Illaoi.
Moreover, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Illaoi matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Illaoi. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank usually gets a lot less CS as Illaoi. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Illaoi build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Illaoi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Illaoi as Blitzcrank, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Blitzcrank vs Illaoi counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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