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How to Win Illaoi vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Illaoi

based on 2,982 Illaoi vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
1.45
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as Illaoi resulted from an examination of 2982 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This counter pairing is relatively uncommon. Illaoi fights Kai'Sa in only 4.2% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a good job of countering Kai'Sa. Normally, she wins a whopping 53.0% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Illaoi versus Kai'Sa matches, Illaoi’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best Illaoi vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverHullbreaker

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSpirit VisageIceborn GauntletSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Kai'Sa

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Illaoi vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Kai'Sa Image
5.3
< Kills >
8
6.7
< Deaths >
6.1
4.4
< Assists >
6.4
1.22
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
189
< Minions Killed >
179
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.45
24,719
< Physical Damage >
12,766
816
< Magic Damage >
8,804
406
< True Damage >
459
25,942
< Damage Dealt >
22,030
35,418
< Damage Taken >
20,473
12,043
< Gold Earned >
12,679
2.88
< Towers >
2.09
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
8,690
< Total Healing >
4,691
15,317
< Experience >
13,122
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
412
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Illaoi against Kai'Sa matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kai'Sa..

Illaoi often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Kai'Sa. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Illaoi and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Illaoi or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when trying to fight Kai'Sa, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes a good counter to Kai'Sa.

While Illaoi does have a higher winrate compared to Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Illaoi into Kai'Sa.

Furthermore, Illaoi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Kai'Sa matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Illaoi is a good counter to Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 53.7% 3076 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.4% 4331 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 56% 2582 GamesCamilleCamille+ 56.6% 143 Games

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Illaoi, we analyzed 2,982 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Kai'Sa as Illaoi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi usually gets a similar amount of CS as Kai'Sa. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Kai'Sa build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Hullbreaker. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Kai'Sa than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average win rate of 53.0% battling Kai'Sa with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Kai'Sa as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Illaoi vs Kai'Sa matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.

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