Illaoi with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Illaoi and Blitzcrank
based on 2,596 Illaoi with Blitzcrank pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Illaoi Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
Best Illaoi vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Blitzcrank
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 Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Illaoi Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Illaoi in LoL
The Illaoi Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Illaoi sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Blitzcrank helps Illaoi perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Illaoi tries to synergize with Blitzcrank, she observes a little decrease in her full damage dealt. This change may signal that Blitzcrank does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played alongside Blitzcrank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Blitzcrank.
Moreover, when Illaoi plays with Blitzcrank on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Blitzcrank does a decent job of covering Illaoi during teamfights.
Synergies between Illaoi and Blitzcrank
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Is Illaoi better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Illaoi that will always be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Blitzcrank is a decent ally for Illaoi. By being on the same team as Illaoi, he raises their win rate by 1.4% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Illaoi and Blitzcrank that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a lower difficulty than Illaoi. That means Illaoi players don't need to be careful when finding Blitzcrank comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Illaoi players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Illaoi and Blitzcrank together, you will not be providing your side enough magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Blitzcrank ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to pair well with Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Illaoi and Blitzcrank synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi included at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Blitzcrank than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 51.0% helping carry Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, 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 used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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