Illaoi vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Illaoi
based on 2,046 Illaoi vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Illaoi vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Illaoi in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Illaoi against Vi counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vi..
Illaoi typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Vi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Illaoi and Vi
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when taking on Vi, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Vi.
While Illaoi does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Vi.
Additionally, Illaoi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Vi. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
Additional Information for Illaoi Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to counter Vi during both the laning 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 should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi most often racks up much more CS compared to Vi. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Vi build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Black Cleaver. When Illaoi included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Vi than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Vi with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Vi 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Illaoi vs Vi battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vi as Illaoi are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.