Urgot vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Urgot
based on 1,441 Urgot vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Illaoi
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Urgot versus Illaoi counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi..
Urgot normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Urgot and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Urgot or Illaoi?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Urgot usually fairs equally well when taking on Illaoi, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Urgot makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Urgot does have a lower win rate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Urgot also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Urgot has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Urgot is a somewhat poor counter to Illaoi. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Urgot against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Urgot to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Urgot versus Illaoi build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance. When Urgot incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Illaoi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Urgot had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Illaoi as Urgot, Urgot players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Urgot vs Illaoi counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Illaoi as Urgot are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.