How to beat Illaoi

Common role: Top

A tanky bruiser who spawns tentacles and rips your soul out for massive AoE damage.

What makes Illaoi dangerous

Illaoi slams tentacles for heavy damage and self-healing, and her E rips a spirit out of a champion — if you don't run away, every tentacle hit also damages you and everyone nearby. In a confined space or a bad fight, she can wipe multiple champions at once with her ultimate's tentacle storm.

How to play against Illaoi

• 1Run from her E spirit. If she pulls your soul, walk away from her tentacles — standing near them lets her free-hit you and your allies.
• 2Don't fight her in the tentacle field or in tight jungle corridors. Dodge her Q slam (a telegraphed skillshot) and space away from her tentacles.
• 3Never group up when her ultimate is up — it spawns a storm of tentacles. Spread out and she can't hit multiple targets.
• 4She's immobile with no gap-closer. Kite her, poke her from range, and don't let her drag you into an extended melee brawl.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No mobility — very kiteable.
• ✓Weak if you leave her E spirit's tentacle range.
• ✓Grievous Wounds cuts her heavy self-healing.
• ✓Struggles against ranged pokes and disengage.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Illaoi's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Profeta de un dios antiguo

  Illaoi y los recipientes que crea generan tentáculos en el terreno circundante. Los tentáculos atacan a espíritus, recipientes y víctimas de Dura lección de Illaoi. Los tentáculos infligen daño físico a los enemigos alcanzados y curan a Illaoi si dañan a un campeón.

• Q
  Aplastamiento con tentáculo

  Aumenta el daño que infligen los tentáculos. Al activarla, Illaoi golpea con un tentáculo que inflige daño físico.

  Strong: a heavy tentacle slam that heals her. Weak: a telegraphed skillshot — dodge it and space away from her tentacles.

• W
  Dura lección

  Illaoi salta hacia su objetivo, le inflige daño físico y hace que los tentáculos cercanos lo ataquen también.

• E
  Prueba de espíritu

  Illaoi arranca el espíritu del cuerpo de un enemigo y lo obliga a mostrarse ante ella. Los espíritus transmiten al objetivo original un porcentaje del daño sufrido. Si muere o si el objetivo se aleja demasiado del espíritu, el objetivo se convertirá en un recipiente y hará aparecer tentáculos.

  Strong: rips your spirit out — every tentacle hit then damages you and nearby allies. Weak: walk away from her tentacles once your soul is pulled to deny the free damage.

• R
  Salto de fe

  Illaoi golpea su ídolo contra el suelo e inflige daño físico a los enemigos cercanos. Aparecerá un tentáculo por cada campeón impactado.

  Strong: spawns a storm of tentacles that can wipe a grouped team. Weak: spread out and she can't hit multiple targets.

Itemization

Illaoi is AD with massive healing. Grievous Wounds (Bramble Vest, Executioner's) is mandatory, plus armor and movement to kite her tentacles. The best counter is simply not fighting inside her tentacle field.

This guide covers Illaoi's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.