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How to Synergize Xayah with Illaoi on the Same TeamXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah with Illaoi

How to Win With Xayah and Illaoi Paired TogetherXayah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Xayah and Illaoi

based on 1,071 Xayah with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Xayah has been on the same team as Illaoi in 1071 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much great data directly from the makers of League, we feel confident that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Xayah synergize with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Xayah to play alongside Illaoi on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.8% of rounds with Xayah.

Xayah Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah does a poor job of synergizing with Illaoi. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.4% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Xayah when playing alongside Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xayah vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordRecurve Bow

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonPhantom DancerKraken SlayerStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Xayah and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Xayah with Illaoi

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play

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.

Xayah Illaoi Synergy Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Illaoi Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.4
6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
178
< Minions Killed >
181
0.33
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,441
< Physical Damage >
19,629
393
< Magic Damage >
381
388
< True Damage >
383
20,222
< Damage Dealt >
20,394
20,746
< Damage Taken >
20,546
11,907
< Gold Earned >
11,987
2.3
< Towers >
2.33
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
4,899
< Total Healing >
4,812
12,703
< Experience >
12,760
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
55
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Play with Illaoi as Xayah in LoL

The Xayah Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Xayah sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Illaoi helps Xayah perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Xayah is paired with Illaoi, she gets a little drop in her total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Illaoi doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xayah is played with Illaoi on the same team, 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 alongside Illaoi.

Moreover, when Xayah plays with Illaoi on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Xayah in teamfights.

Synergies between Xayah and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xayah
Illaoi

Is Xayah better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no ideal companion for Xayah that will always be her top teammate. However, Illaoi is a very typical companion for Xayah. By playing on the same team as Xayah, she lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 47.4%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Xayah and Illaoi that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Xayah. That means Xayah players don't need to be careful when finding Illaoi comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Xayah players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by aligning Xayah and Illaoi together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xayah and Illaoi, we analyzed 1,071 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Xayah with Illaoi comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to synergize with Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to use in your Xayah and Illaoi synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three great items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Illaoi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Illaoi with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Illaoi with Xayah are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.