Yasuo vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Yasuo
based on 5,128 Yasuo vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Illaoi
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here show several critical Yasuo against Illaoi matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Illaoi..
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Illaoi?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when facing off against Illaoi, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Illaoi matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Illaoi. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo to counter Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Yasuo versus Illaoi build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Illaoi than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Illaoi as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Yasuo vs Illaoi battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
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