Rek'Sai vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Rek'Sai
based on 328 Rek'Sai vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Illaoi
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Rek'Sai against Illaoi matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..
Rek'Sai normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Illaoi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when playing against Illaoi, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a good counter to Illaoi.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Illaoi.
Additionally, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Illaoi matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter to Illaoi. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai in order to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather 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 by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Illaoi build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Illaoi than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Illaoi with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Illaoi as Rek'Sai, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Illaoi counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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